"If she's that sexy she wouldn't be going out with you. Gold-digger sounds about right. Watch out for your younger competition. By the way, make sure ...he checks are on time."Other than a few phone calls we never hear from dad. It was sad but we learned to live with it. Mom seems happy and went on with her life. We asked her if she was going to date again and she told us not until after the divorce was final.Back to my senior year. I did date a few of the girls when I had time. We did a lot of. James wasn't the type to fly off the handle and make rash, impetuous decisions. However, this situation was extreme and stretched even his limits.One day she was at Ms. Alison's working her regular shift. She'd had a couple of "dates" already that shift, and was settled in downstairs waiting for another when a man walked in the front door.He was wearing a long trenchcoat and a wide-brimmed hat pulled down so his face was hidden. He was obviously embarrassed to be seen there. He walked up to one. I keep my composure, but you know you are driving me crazy and as we look at each other, not breaking our gaze we slowly are building another fire. You stand back up and turn to face me. You look at me with a devilish smile and then hold up an imaginary banana in your hand. You then calmly peel it one side at a time. This is our playful short hand for me needing to get undressed as well. You gently place yourself in front of me, lowering yourself to your knees, then sitting down on your feet. ’ Courtship is an inappropriate word: it was more like a battle of wills. ‘I want to give you pleasure. Make you come.’ Ibis laughed, throwing her head back and for a moment displaying the vulnerable whiteness of her throat: ‘Impossible.’ But even that is inaccurate: ‘battle’ is too aggressive, figuratively full of fighting and hostility. They were aggressive, but it was exciting, and as the days waned they enjoyed their aggression more and more. ‘You think it’s absurd that I want to give you.