And if you had been there, you might have noticed a curious phenomenon. By the time Karen completed her parade, at least half of the men on the beach ...ad suddenly discovered a need to go stand in the water, leaving their bewildered or resentful female companions behind. One even left a male companion.When Karen came back to me she was shivering. The sun was warm and the water was warm, but she was shivering. Throwing her arms around me and stretching up close to my ear, Karen whispered. Unfortunately, her friend spotted me first and confronted me, “Show me some cash or get lost, sonny.”Jenny turned around and smiled when she saw me, “Back-off Betty, that’s my friend, John.”Betty’s face changed from threatening to a grin as she apologized, “Oh, that, John. Sorry honey, I will be running along now.” She waved at us and headed up the street.Jenny came over and hugged me and asked, “What are you doing here?”“I just came down to see if you had time to get something to eat, and I. All it took was for them to hold a conversation about something other than themselves! She’d take them for a ride they would never forget. “Steve left a note for you hold on a sec, did you want a smoothie hun?” Brenda said. “oh he did? No I’m good for now I’ll get one after class” I said. ‘Don’t he know how to use a cell phone?’ Brenda said, “he does, I don’t know, he is old school you know, romantic.” I said back. I couldn’t tell her it was apart of a fantasy game between us, she was still. My cousin Eddie was gonna go crazy when he saw how slutty my mother was dressed.I told my mother to go upstairs, and I'd bring her down when they arrived, so she could make a grand entrance.The doorbell finally rang and I greeted my cousins at the door and told them to have a seat in the living room. Eddie told me he couldn't believe all the things that Andy was telling him and how lucky I was to be fucking my mother for the last four years. I told him that he was going to get to experience it.