Chapter Four
"Now," she said, snuggling against me, her hand flat against my chess, just touching, "you tell ME a secret"
"Hmmmmmm," I said, looking up at the ceiling, "something no one else knows?"
"Of course," she said, smiling at me.
"Okay," I said, closing my eyes, knowing I was smiling as I thought back.
"After my grandfather died my grandmother and I shared a bed for three months," I said.
"Oh my," she said, "tell me."
"Well," I said, getting my thoughts together and thinking back, "it was actually my great-grandmother, my mother's grandmother. I used to spend the summers with her and when my great grandfather died I went to the funeral."
I paused, remembering, and she said, "and?"
"You know how it is at a funeral," I said, "chatting with relatives and friends you haven't seen lately. Making small talk. Reminiscing. My cousin Margie, the pretty, tall blonde who had claimed my virginity, took me aside and said, 'you need to take care of her tonight,' nodding at gramma."
"So I said something brilliant and witty like, 'take care of?'"
"She grinned then, that knowing grin that always made me feel stupid, and said, 'yes, when this is over and we've all gone, you stay here with her.'"
"And I realized what she was telling me and said, 'Margie!?'"
"And there was that grin again and she said, 'yes Davey, you stay with her and take care of her. She needs it.'"
"And then she was gone. Off, mingling. I didn't see her again for years."
"I went to gramma and said, 'about ready to relax?'"
"She looked up at me, smiled, and said, 'yes, please.'"
"Things were slowing down, we had already buried him and were at gramma's house, you know, mingling. I did the dinging-on-my-glass thing, feeling VERY adult, and said, 'Just a couple of memories before I chase you all out and let gramma relax.'"
"It felt funnier than I had expected, all of them looking at me. Many I had known since I was a boy but some were strangers. But anyway, I soldiered on."
"'Grampa had some wonderful lessons for the son of a single mom,' I said to the group. 'He taught me to drink whisky in the front seat of an old Chevy pickup,' and there was laughter and plenty of 'hear hear.' And he taught me that women are special, something I imagine he showed gramma every day,' and I looked down at her and she was smiling with tears almost gently running down her cheeks."
"'Now,' I went on, 'thank you all but now please let me clean up and let gramma rest.'"
"There was another ten minutes or so as final condolences were wished, final hugs exchanged, and finally it was just gramma and me in the house."
"I went to her, put my hands on her shoulders, and asked, 'are you okay?'"
"'I've been better,' she said, and the little smile was very forced."
"'Come on,' I said, taking her hand and leading her into her bedroom, 'lay down and relax, I'll clean up.'"
"Her fingers were trembling so badly she couldn't get the top button of her high-necked funeral dress unbuttoned. She stopped trying, dropped her arms, hung her head, and said in a very small voice, 'help me.'"
"So I did. There were about a bazillion tiny buttons on the damn dress, I stopped trying to count after the first jillion. But my fingers were steady and I got the damn thing unbuttoned. When she just sort of stood there I thought of what Margie had said and went ahead and eased it off of her shoulders, down her arms, and then folded it and laid it on the chair."
"And then I turned and looked."
"She was one of those dumpy old women with immense boobs. I mean seriously, IMMENSE. Her special order bras I learned, later, were 52LL. And she looked so damn sad, standing there, I couldn't resist just taking her into my arms and holding her."
I took a deep breath and sighed.
"And I realized I wanted her. I wanted her RIGHT then. I wanted her sexually and immediately. It was MY fingers that were trembling as I started on the eight, yes, eight, hooks on that bra. And her breath was catching as I did it, her fingers digging into my back. I finally got that goddam bra unhooked and pulled it loose and those massive tits of her laid on her belly."
I jumped when LaVerne touched my dick, now hard again, and giggled.