Astrid leaned forward and whispered in a low voice, ensuring April leaned forward to listen, too."So, April. By now I'm sure all sorts of scenarios ha...e run through that magnificent head of yours. Here's the deal. You fucked up a perfectly good operation for us, one that was successful for years until you showed up. You are obviously some kind of operative for some agency, there to fuck up our little game. And you did, so kudos to you. But for that, there comes a price. And the price is, you. ”“Don’t be silly. I trust you. You have never given me any reason to believe that you would even think of cheating on me. She is almost the same age as us, so there isn’t that older younger thing. I think that maybe I am comfortable with her, because she looks like me. Besides, if you ever go near her, I’ll cut your balls off and cook them in a nice stew and make you eat them.”She looked at him with a smile as she said this, but he knew she meant business. Tara had a very strong. Five thousand a month and I got twenty-five dollars a week for cutting the grass?According to what my mom had told me when dad died the house was free and clear, but there was more. The house was actually part of the trust so it was actually mine when I became of age. Dave worked in an office downtown doing I don't know what, but I assumed that he was getting a paycheck and if all that check had to cover was groceries, utilities and taxes where was the five grand going?More checking found that. After some discussion, he redid everything,which was the first time I had seen my manhood in almost a month. Itnot only looked strange, it felt strange. Once he was done, she and Iwent to a very fancy salon where, to my great horror, I was told that Iwas about to be "waxed," "clean," the girl told me.Mom merely patted my hand, telling me "we all suffer in the name ofbeauty, and I think it's time for you to start, don't you?"I didn't scream, not once, but my skin felt like it was on fire.