I smiled at the girl in tights, my sexiest smile and walked to my car. I watched them in my rearview. The girl in cut offs was upset and slammed her d...or when they got into the car. My guess was that they were teen lovers. About an hour later I was in bed, reading erotic stories on my laptop wearing a tank and panties when I got this call on my cell (unknown number). I answered: Me: Hello, Courtney here. Her: Hi, uh its me. Me (I knew right away who it was but I wanted to tease her a bit) Could. Main thodi der mein aati hoon Shashank se baat karke. Uske baad main so jaungi.”Fir maine Aditi se kaha,”Ok Aditi tum jao lekin jaldi aakar so jana. Kal subah jaldi nikalna hai ghar jane ke liye.” Uske baad hum dono ne ek dusre ko good night wish kiya aur Aditi guest room ka gate band karke drawing room mein chali gayi. Uske baad main bhi so gaya.Fir aadhi raat ko 12 baje meri nind khuli. Toh maine dekha ki Aditi guest room mein nahi aayi thi. Uske baad maine use guest room ke bathroom aur. The only light on was a lamp in the Den. I was about to go in when I saw Mom turn on the projector and turn out the desk lamp. I hung back in the shadows and watched. The white wall she was using as a screen lit up with a shaky sign in French. Mom was going to watch stag films again.She pulled up her skirt, pushed her underwear down, and sat in the chair. It was a scene of two guys and a woman. Mom just watched as the fully dressed woman dropped to her knees and unbuttoned their pants and then. ’ Maybe his few extra years of life experience helped Eric to be strong in this most unusual situation. Perhaps that was why he had always been the stronger of us, able to set aside his emotions and harden his willpower when necessary. His words made sense, but they still could not completely dispel the sadness that I felt at not being able to tell our own mother that I had found the person I wanted to share my future with, the person I wanted to grow old with. There was no way that I could.