Her name was Virginia.
I was a young, horny 19 year old who was a friend of her son's. She was a beautiful middle-aged woman, stuck in a dead-end marriage. We drank a lot back then. I still do now, just for different reasons.
I'd gone over to see her son. We always had a great time at their house. Her husband was a sportsman and always had a great hunting or fishing story, Her daughter was a stone-fox, and James, her son, was just a great guy.
I couldn't even begin to tell of all the great times I had with this family. They had a place in the country where we all spent a lot of time. Lots of drinking, Lots of laughing and a lot of building friendships that would last a lifetime.
Anyways, I'd gone over to see James. Virginia answered the door and invited me in. The house was quiet. I asked where everyone was and she said, " The kids are out and Fred was passed-out in bed." I was going to leave, but she said stay and have a beer with me. I could tell she'd already had a few and so had I, but I thought, what the hell, why not!
She brought us each a beer and we sat in front of the fireplace. Which just so happened to be right in front of where her husband slept. Their bedroom was adjacent to the living room where the fireplace was. I could see and hear Fred snoring his butt-off when we sat down at the fire.