“Ya don’t think I’ll be getting’ in any more trouble?”“I mean it, Edwin.”“Sure, sure,” Edwin assured him. “You’ve got my word on...it.”Cal gave his brother a long look. He didn’t believe him, but it was the closest he’d come to a promise of good behavior in a long while.“Okay, I’ll co-sign,” Cal promised.Roxie jumped from her chair. She hugged Cal and kissed him on the cheek.“I promise you won’t be sorry, Cal. I’ll make every payment. You’ll never be bothered about it.”In a few minutes they were. " Sure, Jimmy. What is it?" Well, I want you to help me find an engagement ring for my mom," Jimmy said almost breathlessly."An engagement ring?" Rhonda asked in surprise."Yes. I know we can't really be married but I want to give her something special." Jimmy, that's so sweet. But where are you getting the money?" I have five thousand dollars saved up for a car I wanted to buy." God, Jimmy, you are a one -of- a- kind guy." Will you help me?" Absolutely! Why don't we invite Shelly along?" I was. Her mother was overly religious and overly protective. Thank God her five-year-older husband had hidden his limited experience from her parents so somebody knew how to make the wedding night anything but a disaster.It took a while to show her naked body to her husband and sleep without nightgown and panties. She took seriously the stern biblical injunctions about being obedient to her husband however, and he was able to guide her in “the ways of the Lord in conjugal relations”. He was also wise. And I was like a nobody, straight out of hell, and having this tall older guy tell me I was everything to him was amazing. I was in heaven. I had these new older sisters to laugh and gossip with, to share intimate stuff with. I looked up to them, trusted them, and all of a sudden they kind of expected that me and their brother would start sleeping together. Just a natural thing, you know? This isn’t the guy insisting I put out. This is the girls agreeing that we make a good couple and should.