Her eyes fluttered open, revealing the startling blue within. She blinked them closed again and smiled weakly. “Mijo,” she sighed in Spanish, cal...ing him son, as she always did. He took his baseball cap off, tossing it on the unoccupied chair to the right of the bed and bent over the railing. Gripping the hand she offered, he gave her a kiss on her pale cheek. “Save your strength, ma,” he whispered. “You’re going to need it. I got another tattoo.” Her eyes snapped open, her lips pressing. It was the classic case of thecheerleader dating the football captain. And though they toughed it outfor 8 years their divorce was no surprise to anyone.One Friday night Karen dropped Tiffany off for her weekend with herfather. They ate dinner together and the daughter brought her father upto date on everything that was happening in her life. After dinner shechatted on the phone with her friends while he watched the ball game.Tony never eavesdropped on her. Besides teenage girls could talk. She said, “I’m engaged to Detective Parnell.”“Congratulations,” Claudia said looking at the ring. She said, “Now if I could get Phil to give me one of those I’d be happy.”Denisa leaned over and said, “Next time you are alone with Phil in your place, you should wear your cheerleader outfit and no underwear. Surprise him. Give him a real good cheer about how much of a stud he is. Make sure that all of your best parts are bouncing around when you do it. The proposal will be out of his mouth before. .. embarrassing ... humiliating ... disgusting ... It is no wonder that she sits there, frowning at me. She must think that I am a depraved beast. Thankfully, she has no idea what caused my arousal. I am certain that if she knew she was the reason for my tumescence, she would not only refuse to continue traveling with Helen and me, but my face would have received a rather resounding slap."He continued his surreptitious adjustment of his aroused manhood. All the while attempting to keep.