(This is a continuation of a previous story, where June - a 1950s housewife - caught a young neighbor watching her pleasure herself upon a washing machine.)
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She hung the laundry to dry. Went around to the front of the house, opened the gate in the white picket fence and began walking down the tree-lined street.
A few minutes later, June was knocking on her neighbor's door. After a moment, Monica answered.
"Hello Monica."
"Oh June, do come in. May I get you some tea?"
"Oh, that's too kind of you. But I've actually come to see Jeremy. I was wondering if I could borrow him for a moment. My husband is at work and I need a strong young man to help me lift some boxes into the attic."
Monica turned to the interior of the house, "JEREMY!" she bellowed. Not hearing a response, she called again.
From inside the house, a young man yelled back, "Whaddya want?!"
Jeremy Stevens was eighteen. A bit of a pushover at James Madison High School, he was the frequent target of bigger bullies. He had never kissed a girl and didn't play sports. He came bouncing down the stairs, a flushed look on his face. "Ma, I'm busy --"
He stopped midway down the stairs when he saw June.
"What is she doing here?" It was more accusation than question.
June thought she heard a note of panic in his voice and he seemed somewhat out of breath.
Monica waved a finger at her son, "Manners, Jeremy! You're going to apologize to Mrs. Smith for being so impolite and then you are going to go help her lift some boxes into her attic."
"But...but...I can't! I've got homework to do!" The words fumbled out of him.
"It's been summer vacation for the last two weeks. You don't have any homework." Monica looked at June and sighed, "I'm so sorry, June, I just don't know what's gotten into him."
"It's OK," June said.
"Yeah, ma -- it's OK."