"That boy is a keeper, go get some girl," Kateencouraged. Before Kara recovered enough to respond, she found Laura andLisa crowding around her, who th...emselves were in various stages ofundress. They both then started asking her questions nonchalantly abouther sex life, as if this was a regular occurrence between the friends.Their questions embarrassingly focused on things like how big Tanner'scock was, how long he lasts in bed, was he as muscular as he seemed, andthe amount/quality of her. "How many do you think there were?" A gruff female voice asks from behind you.You turn abruptly to face the voice. You find a woman with muscles that almost rival your own sitting in your windowsill. The curves of the spikey-haired blonde make the tattered black shirt she wears loose over her midriff displaying her solid, scar-touched abs; the sleeves, however, grip tightly to the woman's muscular arms, more scars escape from the fabric's grip. A tattered pink fabric is tied around her waist,. ”“Mom, I’m a woman, I have wants and desires, I’m forty-seven and life was passing me by, my son is usually out of the house and my daughter will graduate college in two years, I’ll be alone here, I don’t think I could stand it, being alone I mean.”“He’ll be deployed again, won’t he?”“Yes, of course, but I’ll have my memories and, beside he gets annual leave, I can wait a year but I don’t think it through a lifetime.”“Kimberly, it’s been forty-two years since I’ve been with a man.”“Then you’re. Unfortunately, whatever it was, it was too late to help me.I had some juice and cereal and went back upstairs to get dressed. I put on the same sheer top and miniskirt I wore on Monday. Until I had time to go shopping I would have to wear the same two outfits over and over. I put my laciest bra in my purse and stepped out of my room. I walked carefully to the stairs and listened. When I was certain that my parents were both in the kitchen I hurried down and out the front door. I closed the door.