“Charles, are you sure you want to carry all that first aid gear back up?”He gave her a kind smile. “It won’t be a problem. And it’ll be han...y to have if we need it.”Madisonsmiled back. “Yeah well, okay then. Thanks. All set everybody? We have a hell of a climb ahead of us. Let’s take this nice and easy. If anybody starts having trouble with a muscle, just sing out and we’ll all rest. Time isn’t an issue. Don’t push it. Remember we have 24 times 311 stairs to go before we reach ground. Hell, she made a wide open pass at Mark only a week after I married him!”My life was totally screwed. I was freshly divorced at 26 from a nymphomaniac slut who was busily screwing her way through the city phone book and now my sister was loudly reminding me how twisted my ex-wife had always been. “And what kind of mother walks out on her 3 year old son!? Be damn glad she wanted only her freedom and not the kid or any money. At least you don’t have to write her a check every month to support her. Steph's lack of sex drive has been a constant source of marital strife. Our arguments usually end with me apologizing while she cries. Because of this I have become more familiar with my hand than her body. I spend most of my weekends with the guys. On one of these weekends I had gone over to my friend Bill's house to watch baseball. Steph was planning on laying out in the yard to work on her tan and was wearing nothing but a skimpy white bikini. I gave her a hug goodbye and took the. I looked at him in a different light. My grades improved but I had no friends. Too many kids were afraid of me because of my reputation. I noticed something at home I had never paid attention to. Mom and dad talked in what I call “normal conversation” around the house when I was around them. There were many times I’d hear mom say “yes sir and no sir” to dad when they didn’t know I was in another room within earshot. I had always thought mom was the enforcer growing up. It was her that spanked.