When my doorbell rang, I looked out and saw Carla standing there. She looked like she had been crying. I opened the door wider and ushered her in.
"Hello Carla, what can I do for you?"
"I need to talk to you Walter. There are a few things you need to know about me before we get any more intimate."
"I shaved your pussy and dove into it head first, we aren't going to get much more intimate than that Carla."
"You know what I mean Walter, before we start dating and you get romantic with me. I just want you to know that you don't have to be nice to me to get the other women. I know that I'm not as pretty or slim as they are. I won't say anything and you can just fuck me if you want to."
"I think you already know that that won't fly Carla, but I'll tell you anyway." I guess I know now why these women wanted a kind voice and gentle touch. I figure that at some point I will find out just how all of my birds had been damaged. If Jennifer and Mika had not prepared me, I might have run off. Tonight would be Carla's time. "You are lovely. I love how soft and fulsome you are, and your breasts show that you have given life to several children and they are the more beautiful for it. You look like a mother should look; round and bouncy. I like how your hips roll when you walk and that you show a very nice cleavage in your dress. I saw some scarring, but that doesn't hurt either, at least not to me. I would be very happy to show off with you on my arm at any restaurant in the city and get envious stares from all the men. I know you to be sweet and kind, or the other women would not love you as they do. Now what is this really about?"
"I am a bad wife; I drove my husband away and made him leave me."
"I sincerely doubt that, tell me the whole story."
"Okay, but know that this is hard on me, it is not a pretty story."
"I'm beginning to realize that most of you who have adopted me have some very bad stories, but I have to know about them to keep from making mistakes and causing pain. Come on over and sit with me and tell me all about it Carla."
I led her to the couch, sat her next to me, and put my arm around her warm, soft shoulders to pull her into me.
"My father knew Juan's father and they put us together to get married. I was content as this was about as good as I could expect. Juan was not much for romance, but he was not really cruel either, I was there to cook and clean and to bear him sons. I gave him four sons, and then there was a time when he did not come to me very often. I know now that he was seeing another woman, but I did not know it then. On one of the few times he was with me, I guess his mistress was busy or on the rag, he gave me my Carmelita. When she was born he was furious. He accused me of sleeping around and swore that she was not his child. That is when things changed, and he became mean. Carmelita and I could do nothing right and he started to beat me. When Carmelita was 6 he put me into the hospital, and that was when I met Jennifer. She didn't know that my injuries were from spouse abuse, because I was ashamed and did not tell her."
"Jennifer had to come to the house to check on me a few times and we became friends. She kept coming around and met Juan's little brother Julio. To my undying shame I did not warn her about him and let them get married. When he had their marriage annulled, I knew that she was not the problem, but it was too late by then. At least he did not beat her the way that Juan did me."
I was sure that Jennifer knew exactly how Carla had come by her injuries and had scheduled the home visits for that very reason.
"Jennifer and I stayed friends, but when Carmelita was 14 I saw Juan looking at her and I heard him comment to Julio that since she was not his child there would be no incest involved. The next time he beat me I intentionally made him very mad and when the ambulance came for me I swore out a complaint and had him put in jail."
"My family disowned me and I had to move out of the neighborhood because I was shunned. I was able to tell my mother what happened, but my father will never forgive me. The boys all went with their father and I got Carmelita because he didn't want her. He has skipped out on all support for us; it is a good thing that I get paid well as a legal secretary, although I lost some customers who would not talk to me because of Juan."
"That all sounds like you did right. I am proud of you for standing up for your daughter. Speaking of your daughter, where is she?"
"She is at home; I often leave her by herself, now that she is over 16. Hell, she'll be moving into stage two of her graduated driver's license soon and can be out at all hours of the night. She will be okay for the hour or so I intended to be here."
"Can we go and get her? She can use Melissa's room, I would like for you to stay the night Carla; unless you don't want to be with me?"
"That is something else I needed to let you know, I can call her to come over as we live just across the street. When Amy gave me your address, I knew that I had seen you and Melissa before. Carmelita and Melissa already know each other."
"You mean that Carmelita is little Lita? She and Mel used to talk all the time. You poor thing, the boys must be all over her, she is completely beautiful."