He looked so embarrassed.“Did you ever hurt him?” I pushed “Badly?”“No” he replied. “I would just get, you know, rough. And Stu didn’t...like seeing me that way, and he really didn’t like being treated like it. Understandably. I ruined the best relationship of my life because I couldn’t keep myself in check”Steve honestly seemed like a genuinely kind, sincere guy. He didn’t seem like he’d ever really want to hurt a fly. But then, I seem like a perfectly regular Joe to talk to. You’d never guess I. Sure, she'd once had a best friend. That was Lucy, the tubby girl with glasses who was now spending all her time with Liz. But not with her! Ever since they had that argument over that hairbrush, and she even forgot why it happened, Karen no longer had a best friend.But then most girls were stupid. Well, they had to be. Putting all that make-up on! Pushing up their tiny breasts to try and make them look bigger! Trying to look like some kind of magazine model or like one of the singers in the. Lily was in a lawn chair in the smallest bathing suit I had ever seen. It was hard to swallow and my whole body tingled with embarrassment of my thoughts and feelings. I was also a bit jealous and angry of David staring out the window at her.On Monday morning I got up and got the house work done early. I went to my bedroom window to see if I could catch a glimpse of Lilly. Her back yard was empty to my dismay. I went to my living room and got out one of my favorite romance novels and turned. Then it hit me. Lisa had told her about my impotence.?Great! What did she do, take out an add???Ah, no, Jack. It wasn?t anything like that. It just sort of came up over coffee one morning.? Jennifer looked apologetically at me. I slowly damped my anger. None of this was Jennifer?s fault.I watched as she walked to one of her cupboards and removed a bottle. ?Will white vinegar work?? she asked holding out a bottle.?She just said vinegar.? I hadn?t realized there was more than one type.I spent the.