We all got up to our same old boring routines the next morning. This was the morning after the first time my mother and I made love, and I don't mean just having sex. This was totally awesome. The feelings between us as we got so intimate with each other was beyond description. I got ready for school, and my mother got ready for work. My father was still passed out in his bedroom sleeping it off. He didn't go into work until later. His job had irregular hours.

I did make an attempt to connect with my mother. I went into her room, and all she said was "Good...