The cabin was quite small so there wasn’t enough room for an actual tree. The pine branches she gathered earlier and arranged into a ring on the tab...e made the whole place smell like Christmas. She held the small pink bottle, its cut-glass facets catching the firelight and flashing prisms on the walls. The perfume was almost gone, but the scent that lingered was the one she always wore, the one she had been wearing when she first met him and now she wore nothing else. She carefully set the. Let’s practice.”“What?”“Not for real. Come on!” She grabbed her sister by the hand and dragged her off the bed. “I’ll show you!” Tamara led her sister down the stairs to the kitchen. She grabbed a bunch of bananas off the counter and broke off two of them. “Here! Practice!”“What?”Tam didn’t say anything, but simply opened her mouth. She didn’t bother peeling it but slowly fed the yellow fruit inside, stopping with about half the banana in her mouth. Then she moved it back and forth a few times. He took a slow tour back up her body and met her eyes again, letting out a frustrated breath. “Because you’re good and decent and I fucking respect you, okay? Jesus. You’ve given me a hard-on.” Jade released his wrist, trying her damnedest not to laugh. “Sorry.” He flicked a sideways glance at her and nudged her leg with his knee. The barest hint of a smile appeared. “I can tell when you’re being sincere. That’s not your sorry face.” She let out the laugh she’d been struggling to hold in and. That's normal. A man's sex drive diminishes as he gets older." Well mine hasn't," she said. "I have needs. You aren't tending to them. I had to use a rubber penis to have an orgasm!" It came out as a shout. She hadn't meant to shout. She got up in frustration and went to assuage the hunger pangs that were annoying her."Honey! Wait! Don't be like that," he called. "I get it. It's okay. I don't mind if you do things that way."She might have given him a chance.Except that he stayed in that fucking.