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Val always was a speak-before-thinking kind of guy. "WOW! Damn you are a beauty. I would not be worthy to kiss your absolutely divine ass."
"Well sir, as you have raised that subject at my obvious invitation, just what sort of kiss are you talking about? You understand, it is difficult and imprudent to respond without the details. Would this be a kiss on the cheek, or the crease... or maybe the cute little pink rose... well, and would it be just lips, or would there be perchance... tongue... involved?"
* Category Note: This is nominated as Group Sex because there are 3 people on camera, with the door open for others. Some might consider it as incest. However, without giving away too much about the future, I will say the only evidence is a woman's uncorroborated word first given 6 years after the fact, and in support of her own interest. I also note that unrelated lovers are sometimes known to use terms like "daddy" and "baby" at special moments.
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Do you recall...
Covid is an unusual isolation, because for most of us it is silent, invisible and insidious, spreading only when a human - rumored to be a social animal - has a close social encounter with another human. But it is not the only isolation some of us have known. A little over a year before Covid visited, Mother Nature imposed her own brand of harsh isolation, and it was not silent, invisible or insidious. Nor was it from China. In a most dramatic border incursion, a violation of the US-Canada border and the science supporting the Paris Accords, the Polar Vortex of 2019 visited misery and isolation upon the US. The snow and bitter frigid temperatures invaded from Canada (cue South Park music) to bring misery to many of these United States, leading to isolation more draconian than any government decree could bring to many of the rural citizens who feed us all with their labors.
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Late January 2019
Max Ford's farm,
Located along the northern border of the US.
Val was my dearest friend, roommate and partner in crime from college. We had fallen out of touch for a few years, so when the phone rang I was mighty glad to hear him.
"Hey Bud, it is great to hear your voice. Where are you doing time and when do you get out?" This was my traditional greeting for him. Valentine DePina graduated college with a degree in Spanish, then he immediately began his career as a fearless wheel-man or getaway driver for an uncle's burglary crew. He life of crime began at the tender age of 12 when he scouted jobs. There may have been a family-based student loan for his "straight time out" in college, then he was into the big time.
During his first few years as a wheelman he bagged some big scores. He was never found guilty for anything heavier than a speeding ticket. But there were a few bullet holes that gave him pause. When his college debt was paid he promoted himself to less exciting federal crimes where he was his own boss.
"Well partner, I'm going to make this short 'cause I don't have much choice, I got the Grim Reaper in my cab right now, with his damn cold breath in my face. You know that killer hill I always hated a few miles from your place? Well, I just topped it, longest half hour of my life." That meant he was about 5 miles away and moving slow; it was a steep, ice-covered hill, a real hazard at these temperatures. "My pickup truck has two rear tires shredded, no heater, no third gear and one nearly frozen solid wetback. I'm desperate, Amigo. I hate to do this to you on real short notice but I gotta ask it. Could I pull in to your place for a cup of warmth?"
Well, that raised all kinds of interesting questions. I knew his 40-year old "Big Dooley" truck had two rear tires on each side, so he was still moving. Snow was piling up on the highways at a pretty good rate, I figured there was a 50% chance the highway was plowed the rest of the way to my exit, assuming he didn't white out from what was coming down. Getting from the exit to my place was not an issue, the county kept the road clear because they kept all their snow plows and half the school busses in the county barn next to my yard - I had donated the land like a good citizen. We shared a driveway so they kept that clear too, which was mighty nice of them. Snow plow drivers have to get to and from work.
The other issue was the horny 18-year old woman in the shower who was expecting sex. She had a very specific type of activity planned for my body as we waited out this "snowstorm of the decade" which was supposed to be followed by record low temperatures for 2 to 5 or maybe even a Biblical 40 days. Her mother had abandoned the poor young thing to my improper care - care they both knew intimately - as she fled the state in advance of the storm for the relative comforts of Iowa.
In fact, I had planned to meat some Candy in the shower shortly, but the call killed that idea.
No doubt Val recalls the farm from his post-college visits after my marriage to our shared college sweetheart/roommate-with-benefits. The last visit was in the summer of 2014. Mona and I spent summers with my parents in the big old farm house next to the vehicle shed.