” Molly continued. “This is why I stopped caring about you, and this is why everyone in your life stops c-” Molly stopped abruptly when I got up... and gave her arm a swift tug.“Come on, Molly.” I coaxed her. “We should get to your room, huh?” “Aaron, whose side are you on?” Molly huffed angrily at me. “Are you really - are you really taking Chris’ side?”I widened my eyes briefly and huffed angrily. “I’m on the side of ‘let’s stop this shit before we say anything nuclear.’ Who’s with me?”Chris. ..” Michelle stopped at that point as she realised that the wine was talking and she was saying more than she wanted to.“Tell us more,” screamed Lucy. “Don’t stop there.”“No, no it was something I did at Uni and I have never repeated it,” said Michelle waving her arms in front of her.“Did you enjoy it?” continued Lucy, seemingly oblivious to Michelle’s obvious discomfort.Michael hushed his wife at this point.“Well I don’t know about the rest of you but I have enjoyed tonight,” interjected. Perhaps she really hadn’t seen anything.Tara poured two cups of coffee, and led Amy to her living room. Then, thinking better of it, she asked Amy if she’d rather sit outside.“Everything is better outdoors,” Amy joked, and she shot Tara a playful grin. They moved to the deck on the side of Tara’s house and sat down in the warm sunshine. The conversation was easy and there was so much Tara wanted to know about her new friend. She learned that Amy worked as a nurse, and Adam owned a construction. Joana loved her child with all her life, like only Latinmothers can do. I complemented her unfettered love with my milk and mynursing Manuelito. When I held him in my arms, I always made an effort tobe like his biological mother. The contact between us was a cosmic force,turning me into nothing but a real woman. During the day, as I tended toManuelito, Mustapha's kisses and hugs would then transport me into asupernatural dimension of absolute, unquestionable, thrilling womanhood.I continued.