Jerrod spread his damp towel on the chaise and stretched out on it to warm and dry off in the late morning sun.The thing that had initially attracted ...ric to Jerrod way back in the first grade was that he was one of those unusually good-looking kids. That form of attraction in itself was unusual because kids that age don’t generally spend a lot of time obsessing over each other’s physical attributes.A lot of little ones are considered kind of good-looking, what might be referred to as cute. “Is this your wife’s phone number? Well, I mean, was it?” she asked.Brent glanced at the phone and, sure enough, Andrea’s cellphone number was on Emma’s screen. The contact name was listed as “Andrea from the shelter.”Brent was speechless for a moment. “Yes, it is. Was. How do you have that?”Emma swallowed. “I knew her. I volunteer at the shelter as well. She was an incredible woman. I was shocked when I went in one day and someone mentioned that she had passed unexpectedly. I actually helped. .."it's me." It was my mother. "I came tosee how you were doing."The minute her hands touched me I broke out in tears, her fingersbrushing my hair out of my eyes, her lips caressing my forehead."Mom, the doctor told me! He said that I would have to..." I know honey. He told us while you were in the recovery room." I'll be a freak! I've seen those guys that wear dresses, they all lookso stupid, and they don't even look like women! Mom...!" It's true that there are men out there that dress as. It was bizarre. She thought she knew it all. Through him, she discovered taboos. Taboos. Taboos about sex that she didn't even know existed - and she thought she was clued up. There were books on bestiality, copraphilia, loads and loads of extreme porn mag's. He definitely doesn't have a girlfriend, she thought. No woman could share a book collection as screwed up as this. They'd run a mile.Repulsed, she stayed away from the stranger's flat a long while after that. She didn't want to be found.