It was her cousin and his friend. I had to hear this, I was all ears. She said that one summer day, her 16 y.o cousin, his friend and her were watchin...g a movie. She lived down the street from her cousin and they were close in age so they hung out a lot. Her cousin and his friend were the popular guys in town. She came from a small town so, that was a big deal she said. She said the movie had a reference to blow jobs in it, the guys started to laugh about, and she said she laughed too. Her. I told myself it would be a new beginning for us. I could sell up, give Pam the divorce she wanted, her share of the sale of the house. Then Cora and I could be together again. All the months of emotional pain now seemed a light load to carry. But still, I wondered why Cora had not contacted me. Just a text, even, to say, "Hi, I'm a free agent now." ******At the party, I spot Cora almost immediately. She is sharing an. " I wondered if there was an innuendo there. She pulled out a bottle of Chardonnay, handing it to me. "Would you open this while I find the glasses?" The bottle was nicely cool, and had a screw top, I had opened it just as Eve handed me a cork pull. She looked at me with the open bottle and the cork screw in her hand."Oh!" It was a screw top." I explained. She looked perplexed, and then giggled."Aubrey would never, ever open a bottle of wine with a screw top. That wouldn't have class." I. So far he'd had no trouble trying to talk to me when I didn't want him to, but now that I needed someone to talk to me like I was actually there, he seemed completely detached, like he couldn't face me for some reason.I felt like I was supposed to say something to him. It was just beginning to hit me, what I'd learned tonight. Eddie didn't even know about me. He was just a normal guy, living his life. And he'd probably been happy, too, until he found out, after sixteen years, that he had a son..