Then my sweet wife knew exactly what that meant, but she said nothing…On Friday afternoon Jerome and his nephew Shaquille came over to visit.The bla...k guy was a good looking young man with excellent manners, so he and Clara seemed to get along very well. The young guy asked Ana permission to take her niece for a walk, to get to know each other…As they walk outside, Jerome informed me that he was teaching Shaquille how to control women in the proper manner. Then Ana interrupted him by saying he. .well, in women myage. In fact, one of the shitheels that dumped my mother after threedates actually had the nerve to call me and ask me to lunch.I think his ears are still ringing from the "Fuck off!" I screamed intothe phone.After that, I went out and got a new tattoo. When I'm angry or sad Iusually go shopping or get a tat. I used to get drunk, but the incidentwith the mechanic kind of put me off getting out of control drunk.Anyway. About mom. She called me the Tuesday after my fiasco with. . um, you know. I ain't stupid you know. I bought them to keep us safe. I mean you pregnant, I could just imagine what would happen to you and us if the folks found out and if you got pregnant, we'd have to tell them"She laughed again, and said, "Well, I thought about it too but you never said anything about condoms, so I thought you didn't think about it. Why didn't you tell me that night? I thought you were just like all the other guys, do it and then just make out like it was all MY FAULT!"I. "Really, Harlen, did you think these lot would abandon their mentors to a battle?" Tammer looked at him knowingly. "Would you have stayed when you were that age?"Harlen shook his head. "No, I wouldn't have." He agreed. "I would have snuck behind you even if ordered to stay."Ceriandel heard the battle start and chafed at being placed so far from the action. He paced back and forth as the sky lit up with flares. "What happens there?" He asked rhetorically.The footmen simply shrugged in response.A.