We had hired a twenty-year-old maid called Maria. We are both in our fifties, but Maria seemed to take a shine to me.I had arrived home early from wor... on a Friday afternoon, Maria was busy cleaning and doing the household chores. "Hello Maria" I called out, "hello" came the reply. I went upstairs to change into some casual clothes and was naked in the bedroom, from the corner of my eye I could see Maria looking through the gap in the door. I pretended not to notice and carried on choosing. Yeah, the gal came from interesting stock. I knew why Jeff liked her. She was good-looking and smart, and also she was an Ivy League woman whose parents were among the Haitian community’s Power Couples. Black men like Jeff and myself dreamed of meeting intelligent, sensible and capable black women like Nicole to marry someday and start dynasties with. That’s what men like us dreamed of doing, far into the future of course. Jeff and Nicole became a couple in spite of my misgivings. There was. I learned from a friend in the Guard that they were to standtrial for killing an old woman's goat in a nearby Hammerdale. Seems theyhad found it wandering in the forest, and being hungry, ate it. A small searchparty found their fire and arrested them." "Who was arrested?" asked Hibber from the end of the bar. "The Hammerdale boys," Keep re-iterated. "Oh yeah," Hibber recollected, "Claimed they didn't see the brand onthe goat's hip." "That's right," Keep continued. "Luckily for the brothers, the. "Fuck that," Heather laughed at my primness, popping the bubble, "it’s creepy in there, I’m going right here. Turn your backs boys," she ordered, "no looking, or else..."D caught my eye and winked like a naughty schoolboy as we turned our backs. Presently there came the unmistakable sound effects of a couple of people relieving themselves outdoors. D waited a laughably short time before he chanced his arm. He pivoted towards the girls, sneaking a peek.Both of them squealed and cussed their.