“Wait ... So you’re saying you just got cut?”“Yeah...”There was a long moment of silence.“Well, I feel stupid,” she said quietly. “Tha...ks a lot.”“I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you thought that’s what it was.”“Of course not. Why would you...”She grunted and sat on the beam log, pulling out a pouch of weed. I watched as she unhurriedly rolled a joint and lit it up.“How did you cut yourself?” she asked.Does she really care?“It was a piece of broken glass. It got me pretty good, but it was an. She laughed as I went into a mostly made-up list. It didn't take long for us to reach her house. We could see through the front window that her little brother was home. She said, “Stay quiet and follow me.”I followed her around the house and into the backyard. There we sat down our bags and kissed again. “This is a one-time thing,” she said as she unfastened her pants and pulled them and her panties down. I opened up my pants and dropped them.She put her hands against the back wall of the house. L want you to come back to mom,s home..ok..you won,t patch things up..right away...but who knows?...with that he came with me....the 3 of us got in the taxi....l was in the middle...mom.never spoke....as we got near mom,s...she give me the keys..l jumped out the taxi....and opened up...everyone went into the front..or should i say..fell in...most were tipsy...in the case of mom...well over the yard arm.Paul...mom...said...get everyone a drink..and some snacks...as i did...l thought..lve not. ‘You…you think your aunt might go out with me?’ Bud panted. ‘She might,’ Tommy said. ‘But only if you ask her.’ The big man swatted at him. ‘I figured I’d have to do that,’ he said. ‘Unless you figured to set it up.’ ‘You’re old enough to do it yourself,’ Tommy said. ‘Yeah, right,’ Bud said. He rolled on his belly and snapped off a few one-handed and two-handed pushups. ‘I haven’t gone out much since my wife left me,’ he said as he did. ‘Christ, with what I gotta pay her in alimony, I got.