“Sam, they’re your children and only yours. Yes, the man adopted them as you’ve told me more than once, but that’s just a legal thing not a re...l thing. You and your ex are the parents. And you really do need to add yourself to the mix,” she said.“I don’t know, Lana. Hearing them call that man daddy is a real tough nut for me. It’s why I left in the first place, well, part of the reason,” I said.“I know, but you’re in the wrong in this case. Or, maybe not in the wrong, but guilty of mistaken. I thought to myself.Seeing her like that flooded my mind with memories of our teenage years together. She was still as beautiful as she was then, was still the perfect specimen of femininity. All my fantasies came rushing back to me and caused my face to flush in embarrassment at myself. I thought angrily to myself.These thoughts were quickly swept away, though. Beth had heard me drive in and stood up and turned to me. I thought.She pulled back and gave me light kiss on the lips. "Jimmy,. He was also surprised that there were no markings on the planes except for the M1 and M2. “Don’t worry about that either. It will all be explained when we land in about 20 minutes.”They were about half-way to Miami when Karen spotted a herd of long necks. She used the plane’s PA (Public Address) to say, “Ladies and gentlemen, if you will look out the left side of the airplane, you will see something that has only been seen before by humans in the movies or on TV.” There were immediate squeals. ‘Don’t you ever do that to me again,’ I fumed. She just sat there, silent. It’s the man’s place in this world to open the doors, pay the fares, pull the chair out from the table for the lady to sit. A woman doesn’t humiliate her partner by stepping in first and doing the things he should be doing. A few days later, my birthday presents included a small flat package. I opened it. A 45rpm single. Leslie Gore’s You Don’t Own Me. The immediate rebuff was pretty obvious. Even I saw that. But I can’t.