She often would fantasize that the bear was human. She did nasty things with her bear.Violet had sex with a few boys, but mostly fantasized that her ...ear was her brother. Her brother was older and mostly just treated her as his kid sister. He was always with his girlfriend, but when he was alone, Violet liked to flirt with him. Violet liked stuffed animals. She was excited when her dad won her a life-sized teddy bear at a fair, that he took his wife too. Violet treated her bear like a. "They're proper card-carrying socialists," Mike said. "They wanted me to devote my life to some noble cause or other." At university it's easy to dream of how the world should be," Gordon said. "Out in the real world you have to accept how it actually is." My brother learnt that lesson out in Africa," Mike said. "He went out to dig wells in Sudan and a twelve year old boy soldier blew his head off with a Kalashnikov." Oh my," Gordon said. "I am sorry to hear that." I'm not making that mistake,". My groupies would all look like Justin or Drake.” Again she flashed a large smile as she went around me to the kitchen.Look like who?I came into the kitchen just in time to see her bend over to pull an energy drink from the fridge. I noted with some relief that her pink briefs were actually hot pants, not panties. Normally hot pants would be on my forbidden list but this time it was a show of modesty I approved of, she stood to face me “Do I look like mom?”The change of direction surprised me. I wasn't used to such public flirting.Right at that moment, my ex called me, much to my irritation. I didn't answer it, which caused the phone to go to voice mail. Unfortunately, he didn't quit calling for much of the morning. I finally lost my appetite and decided that swimming was a very good idea. I would leave the phone behind in the room and not hear it ringing."Why does he still call you so much?" Dan inquired, finding it rather odd. We were divorced, after all."Because he's an asshole.