She quickly pulled her hand away when she heard Soraia walking back onto the pool deck."I completely forgot I had put out an ad for a handyman!" Sorai... chirped as she led a young man onto the pool deck. "I have a problem with one of the return pipes on the pool ... I think it's leaking and I posted for a man to fix it." She took the hand of the young man and attempted to recall the right way to pronounce his name. "This is Armand."The man nodded, and repeated the name ... it didn't sound. "He had a way about him that made me very very nervous and I must admit Iwas very afraid of him, I handed the bag over. He took the dress outfrom it."Mmm that's pretty, did you choose it yourself?"I opened my mouth I didn't know what to say."No matter, try it on for me, take off that t shirt, try it on." Noo", I began but I saw the anger in his eyes "Don't fucking mess meabout, do what I say or I will fuck up your pretty little lie of a life..DO IT"I took off the t shirt, all of me was. "Holding out her arms the best that she could, "Come here Ray and give me a hug please if you are serious."I crawled up beside mom and took her into my arms and pulled her into me as she pulled me into herself, the best she could and kissed me on the cheek, with me kissing her neck right above the collar on her blouse, "I have to make a confession to you."Mom relaxed her arms and pulled them back away from me so I raised up to sit upright on my knees beside her on the bed and looked at her in. "Ben is a good man, kind, adventurous,not full of macho BS. He and his wife Ann reminded me a little of youtwo. I was the third wheel in their relationship, without being a thirdwheel. I could hang with them together or either of them alone, the sameway that I can with you." Yeah, but I bet what we did together was different, right. You know,the stuff we did." Oh, Charlie, we were just kids. We did some pretty juvenile stuff --stuff that I enjoyed so much," she responded with a wink and.