I didn't want my family there. Not because of me but I didn't want them to hear what their mother had done, the sexual acts that made her a slut, the ...hings she did with those men. It made me look like a wimp, a cuckold. I didn't want my family thinking of me this way.I called Mary. When she answered the phone and said, "Hello," I paused. In fact she had to say it twice, "Hello, hello."I said, "Mary, this is Dan."She said, "Dan, oh, my God, how I miss you."I said, "Mary, I'm calling about the. She knew then and there that she could marry Frank, and never again look back and leave a piece of herself behind that she couldn't honestly and totally give to him. You see Tom, that's what I've been resenting all these years, and I didn't really know it until Shelly pointed it out to me. I've known you've wondered those things....I've known that every time you go up to the cabin you think of her, and I've harbored resentment towards you because of it, even though I didn't know that I was, or. Not that he had to worry, the feeling was mutual!Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this beholder enjoyed an eye full and then some. Sitting down to rest unable to keep up to the energetic throng, I took in their individuality. All were sleek bodied, nice looking lads in their own way. Doogan, with his boyish features and perpetual state of wonder; Branden's ever serious, cautious demeanor, and Jordie's pimple face, devil-may-care, teenage exuberance.Even Alex, passing into adulthood. "I'll be fine," I said I packed up what little I had carried with me and I made my way the short distance down the beach with Joe carrying my wine glass to where the other two sat. I realised I was more drunk than I initially thought as I felt I swayed slightly as I walked. Apart from the four of us the beach was almost totally deserted, there only appeared to be one couple at the other end. As I approached Ray said: "Welcome, how did you like my latest drop from the vineyard" "Loved it" I said.