We watched as folks sped up to keep everyone out of the space in front of them, either out of stupidity or just being a jerk. I moved over to the numb...r 5 lane because I knew the 1 and 2 lanes were going to go away in a mile. That left me in the number 3 lane and only one more lane to move to in order to make our exit.Mercy Road/Scripps Poway Parkway was coming up so we moved to the off ramp and hit a lucky green at the bottom. Turning left, we crossed under the Interstate and pulled into the. Once she even interrupted our fucking when dad called her to serve dinner, went to him and came back to resume fucking.I was 18 then and one day when we were alone at home, mom asked “Son, your dad drinks a lot. Have you ever tried it?” I said no. She said, “Why don’t we try it today?” I agreed and we went to dad’s Almirah and took out a bottle of whiskey. Since we both had not drunk earlier, we somehow made a drink and had it. It was so bitter, but after some time we started feeling the kick.. Scrumptious! The entire time I ate I hadn’t set my eyes on anything except the food on my plate. I downed my glass of wine and looked over at Nikki who hadn’t touched her plate at all. She was staring at me with a look in her eyes that I have never seen before.“You’re not eating?” I questioned.“No, I’m not hungry for food.”I pretended to not hear her, or at least not understand what she meant, and stretched, yawning and said “I guess I should be going now.” “Please, don’t eat and run. Please.”. ..”He index finger shot up in front of my face. “Show respect. I’m your mother ... don’t you ever ... forget about that.”“I just worry about you.”“I love you too, baby.” She took another drink then blew all the air out of her lungs. “Bill asked me to move in with him.”I fell back against the wall. “You mean you guys are ... you’re not even divorced from Dad yet.”“On paper, but that marriage was over a long time ago.”I tried to think of the last time I heard them making love, late at night.