He beats his wife. She landed in hospital once. After that incident, his wife whined by my wife, about the abuse and battering. I have tasted his roused tensed temper. I know that look in his eyes when his fertile fury nears flood. I have felt him shuddering when he blasts his blistering rage. Yes, his eruption is forceful: it is uncontrollable and brutal. And the cock-flashing hunk at the barbecue or the well-hung half-naked neighbor or the rugged muscled guy riding his motorbike sensually...they don't understand the reasons for Sean's aggression. Unlike me. I know how to tame his rough rampant need.
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Both Sean and I have hectic jobs. We are away from home for months. Our private joke is: "Are your children calling you uncle yet?" because that is how seldom they see us. Yet, when we are both at home, we enjoy hanging out together.
We were on our way to pick up heavy equipment. He asked me to come with him and give him a hand. He needed the equipment desperately.
It was late afternoon when he ventured the lengthy lane in my rough region. On arrival, he asked that I load the huge jackhammer into his van. He helped me lift it. The clouds burst, announced. We got drenched. Everywhere was flooded in seconds. He wiped the downpour off us. He re-started the engine. We headed home again.
Along the way, we talked about this and that. For some reason, he shared about his childhood. He told me how lonely it was growing up in that small scary town. It was only him and his mother in the one-bedroom house. His only sibling did not stay with them. She was raised by her grandmother after her hymen was mysteriously torn. He told me his mom was seldom at home. If she was not working, she was getting laid by one of the sugar daddies in town. He told me his most vivid childhood memory was that of him - a freshly fondled five-year old - standing by the window and pulling the curtain, ever so slightly, to watch the other children playing merrily and praying for his mom to save him from the visiting vicar.