. how did it happen?”Sonya paused for a few seconds, all of those memories flooding back. “Well, sweetheart,” she started, “like you, I waited...until I was 18 as well. I just never found anybody that I loved or trusted that much to be my first.” Sonya shrugged as she looked at her daughter and smiled. “Yes, I guess we’re more alike than either of us thought.”Dani smiled back, happy to be sharing this intimate moment with her mother.“Anyway, it actually occurred on my 18th birthday. I was excited. “I thought you might need some cheering up.” I covered her hand with my own, still facing away. “How very sweet of you, Kay. And how were you planning to cheer me up?” She moved round to my side and I turned to face her. “By giving your desk the send-off it deserves,” she said. I ran my hands down her sides to her hips and hooked my thumbs through the belt loops on her shorts. She wore no bra under her skimpy red vest top and I suspected there was nothing under the shorts either. I slid my. I take it, staring at the glowing tip like I’ve never seen it before.The smoke is bitter and harsh, barely remembered. But my hands have the proper muscle memory for the act and I put the butt to my lips.The first drag makes me cough, just like it did when I was fifteen and bummed a smoke from my very first crush. He’d been the boy from the wrong side of the tracks my daddy would have had heart failure over. His name was...“I remember you now.” I say.“Do you?” He smiles and wraps his coat. -----I was at Ed's office a few minutes early, but he'd gotten out of court early so I signed the papers and his admin notarized them. I also got his bill so I could send him a check. Then we went to lunch at the deli across the street. He didn't have a lot of time but we reviewed this whole affair. He said that the McMaster family was not easy to deal with, but he'd done worse. At one lull, he said, "Just a pure nosey curiosity, Pete. You told me the basics about your group of friends.