House is not the correct term for the marvelous edifice that awaited our arrival. Mansion is the more proper term. Uncle James protested that it wasn�...�t all that grand, only having fourteen bedrooms, and that Cornelius would not even consider it fit to be a tenement.“Cornelius?” I questioned him.“Cornelius Vanderbilt.”I gaped. “You know Cornelius Vanderbilt?” I exclaimed.“Oh yes, loaned him some money once, in fact. Rather too flashy for my tastes, however. Everything has to be bigger than. She put her long arms on my shoulders and said something sweet in French. I couldn’t resist and gave a dry peck on the cheek, and light hug, holding her narrow waist. “Super cute,” I said, “Let him say no, and I’ll be waiting,” I joked.“You’re crazy,” she said, turning away. I knew exactly what she meant to take her now rather than wait. I was finding her hard to resist her, and she was dropping pretty obvious hints.We took an Uber to my place, I sent off my roommate and greeted the. You wouldn't catch me doin' that shit."There were some catcalls. He shook his head again, and said, "You white girls tricked these boys into stickin' they tongue where it don't belong. Nasty."More laughter; then, David said, "A woman's pussy is cleaner than under your fingernails. Babies have to come out of there, so you know it's gotta be clean." David did not have an M.D., though I thought his reasoning was probably fairly sound."I have to go with James on this," I said. I wasn't much for. . Mom???I felt queasy by the very idea! I had done all I could to prove to Tina that I would never fall into the same passive role that my own mother had. Couldn't she see how different I was? I was getting angrier by the minute, just thinking about Tina daring to say such a cruel and naughty things about me.It just wasn't fair!And yet, here I was, little Amy letting Mommy discipline me again, right? At least when mom took charge, it felt right, like we were a mother and daughter again, but I.