What about your boyfriend?”“Oh, it’s ok. Turns out he likes girls too.”“Hee hee hee hee ... I don’t know why I’m laughing so hard at tha....”“It’s ok, we’re out here in nature. We SHOULD relax! Oh hey, dropped your pepper spray. You should probably put that back in your nice bag. You don’t want to lose it.”“Oh, thank you. Hmm ... good idea ... I don’t want to lose it.”“Yeah. It’s easy to lose things out here in the woods, but it’s worth it. It’s like, all that stuff you’ve been worrying about,. As we approached her unit, I told her I was going to take a shower, then we could meet back up. She told me to just come over when I was ready. I went inside, grabbed a change of clothes, then started the shower. The entire time I was in the shower, I was trying to think of just how I should try to explain what had happened in my life. The more I thought about it, the more I began to think it was just a bad idea. I mean how do you justify being in love with your step mother? Much less admit you. They made it back before midnight, and all of them piled out of the SUV. ‘You’re all coming in?’ Joe asked. Jill answered, ‘Yes, we promised you a treat if you were good tonight, remember?’ ‘Yeah, but I thought y’all were teasing…’ ‘Shh.’ Ashley put a finger on his lips. ‘We promised, and we’re not going to let you down.’ Joe started to speak, but Ashley pressed her finger more firmly. ‘I want Kim to say goodbye properly, and the rest of us are…well…horny! Just enjoy it, Joe.’ She led him by. This is so sudden, so I’m not sure how to express myself. Ardele and I are going to have our own family. Our children are going to want to know why they don’t have four grandparents. Ardele’s father is dead as well, so there’s only her mother and you. I wouldn’t deny you your grandchildren.’ ‘Do you think there’s a chance we can learn to be mother and son again?’ ‘I don’t know, I really don’t know,’ I said. ‘I’ll try.’ That brought about another session of waterworks from her and I could see.