"I want you to go home and sit in a cold tub, and pack your balls with ice. Then I want you to take a nap so you will be ready for me when I get off work. I'll be home at ten thirty. I'll meet you in the orchard at ten forty-five. OK?"
"You are kidding?"
"Ten forty-five. Be there with bells, or balls on. Don't let me down."
"We can get another motel room, if you want Jess?"
"No I want to do it in the orchard. I always loved it when we fucked under all of the trees."
The waitress was just passing when she heard the word "fucked" and stood there with her mouth hanging open."
Jessica looked back at her flashing her gorgeous green eyes, smiling and asked in her little girl voice,
"Don't you fuck?"
The waitress dropped the check on the table as if she were doing them a favor, then turned and walked away.
"Bitch," Jessica muttered under her breath, "Like she never had her pussy stretched out a little."
He pulled into Jessica's parent's driveway and after kissing her on her bee stung lips; he got out of her car. She looked at him seriously and asked.
"Where are you going to be at 10:45 tonight?"
Robert pointed toward the back yard. Jess nodded her head and said,
"Apple tree right? Don't keep me waiting."
"I'll be there. Are you sure you are OK to go to work?"
"Yes, but I'm going to take another shower first ... you wild horney devil. I love it. Now go some rest. I want you fresh when I get home. I just hope I'll be able to move around tonight at work. I'm going to try and work in admissions so I can give "your" little pussy a rest. Don't forget the ice.
Robert dragged himself into his parent's house and flopped on the couch. His mother who was just finishing "All my Children" asked how he was felling after the ride.
"I'm ok mom, just a little tired."
"That must have been some ride Robert."
"It was mom; it really was."
"Where did you go?"
"Just beyond Jupiter and back." He said in a monotone voice.
"That's nice. It's good to get out once in a while."
"Mom I want to talk about the little girl in the photo."
"I'm sorry Robert, I'm so busy, maybe before you leave."
"What are you so busy doing? When I came in you were just finishing your soap opera."
"They are daytime dramas Robert."
"A rose by any other name mom."
"What?"
"Nothing mom. Get the book I want to talk about the girl. Who is she?"
"Robert, it's really none of your business."
"Is Eric home?"
"No he's at the Gym. Why?"
"I'm leaving mom and I'll need a ride to the station." He lied.
"Why Robert," she asked almost in tears.
"Well let's face it. If as you say, it is really none of my business, this is not my family, and I have to go. I'll be out in an hour."
"Please don't go Robert. I haven't seen you in years and I don't know when I'll see you again, living all the way out there in Saint Harbor."
"Santa Barbara, mom. I'll stay if you will tell me all about the little girl, and leave nothing out. Otherwise I'm out of here."
She got up with a groan, due to her heavy weight, and walked over to the cabinet that was the sanctuary where she kept all of the family photos. She slowly came back and then asked Robert if he wanted something to drink.
"Quit stalling mom."
She sat down with another heavy sigh and asked, "Why do you want to know. It's all in the past."
"I want to know, because you have been hiding it from me for so long, and because you are making it so difficult."
"OK ... but you won't be happy about it."
"Just get the photos out mom."
She opened the book to the section where Robert was being baptized, and moved her hand over the plastic covered photo caressing it, with love in her heart and tears in her eyes.
"Robert, I have something serious to tell you and I think you are going to hate me for it."
"Why did you kill someone?" He quipped.
"No ... worse."
"I don't think there is anything worse than killing someone, except maybe killing two people."
"Don' be flippant Robert. It's not funny ... I had a baby out of wedlock."
"Who me?"
"No ... your half sister."
"Half sister ... when?"
"I had just graduated high school. The priest in our parish knew our family needed money, and even though I wasn't really qualified, he got me a job at the seminary college. Everything went well for about three months, however brother Michael was so nice to me and so cute. He had a wonderful since of humor and ... "
"I understand mom. You fell in love and nature took its course."
"That's right Robert," she was feeling better about herself, and said, "Sometimes three times a night."
"I really don't need all of the details mom."
"Well you asked."
"Yes, about my sister."
"She is in Colorado at a Catholic school and she is very happy there."
"Why did you send her away?"
"When she was about eight, she began to play with herself ... down there ... you know, her private parts.
"She was masturbating?"
"Don't say that word Robert, it's just filthy."
"It's just a word mom. Most people do it."
"I don't want to hear that talk from you. Please stop it."
"OK. So you little eight year old daughter, right of the blue began to play with her pus ..."
"Robert," his mother stopped him from saying the word.
"Mom, I've seen cases like this. Little girls don't begin doing it on their own. Someone molested her mom."
"Are you crazy?" Nobody did that. She started it on her own. That's all there is to it."