I kept on thinking about him for the entire lecture thereafter. And literally, I went home and masturbated thinking about his splendid physique and lo...oks.Gradually, I grabbed the opportunity of sitting beside him in the subsequent lectures and we became friends. I used to share my notes with him when he used to be absent and he also did so.We also started sharing our concerns with each other and he was a very rich person by heart, is what I gathered. I remember that he was weak in a particular. Daddy stopped betting entirely.We started working the Market. A select few stocks made us pretty wealthy. We survived the crash that ended in '54, because we sold off everything before it happened and bought a week before the market recovered.Mother did not go to Europe, she tried Hawaii instead. She loved it (they spoke english.) Mother never went to Europe ... she didn't consider England European ... they spoke english ... sorta.The paint was a success, the military/industrial complex bought. They hugged her tightly. “Hey, y’all!” She hugged Tiffani and then De-John. “Good to see, y’all.”“How you been, Go-Go,” Tiffani asked using the name her husband and siblings had agreed on to address Big Paw’s wife.“I’m good! How are you?”“Things are good.”“Great!”Damita handed Willie the grocery bag containing the fries. She announced she was going to take a shower and be right back. Damita headed into the master suite and turned on the shower. She washed off her generously, but well. I took a deep breath and I began to walk to the stairs to meet a destiny I had never even thought about before this very afternoon. The hall bathroom was empty and dark as I approached Grandmom's bedroom door. I knocked so tentatively at first that I had to repeat the knock with what turned out to be a little too much force. "Jeezz, get it together, man." I thought to myself. "Come in." Emily's soft voice said from behind the door. I turned the knob and opened the door slowly. I walked lightly.