youd have to be blind not to see her comingnot to see that in two yearsthree at most shed come hard into the flower of her youth a hothouse flower sumptuous soft petals sturdy stem copious leaves  she was going to be a devastating beauty(he hoped her mind kept up)

provocative startling brightblue eyes

                              she zapped him back to his youth

a ramshackle peeling greenpainted house near the Northwestern railroad tracks  fivesix stairs going up no banister
a hardedged porch no railing her old man said Without em easier to lose unwanted people

brightblue eyes himself

cantankerous

his daughter was her mothers spitting image

her mother was her fathers bane

her mother cuckolded him

in his own bed

she didnt even bother to wash the sheets

he crawled into bed at its foot

crept up between her spread legs

she glistened

he thought she was wet for him

she leaked

leaked a stink that wasnt his

he stopped crawling between the handsome balls of her kneesher shapely legs

he got up on his knees

she started to laugh

he slapped the outside of her knee 
they banged together

she squealed OUCH it hurt it didnt hurt

You fuckin tramp

Awbaby dont be like that  she held her left hand out towards him the gold on her finger flashed in the faltering sunlight Im your fuckin tramp

she laughed Your fuckin tramp

Its funnyits funny you know  you know I love to fuckI love me dick  Awbaby I must be a slave to my passion

her laughter rocked her

she kicked her right leg off the beddropped her left hand between her legs and began fingering herself Anif you dont wanna fuck Ill fuck myself

that sundown six years earlier was the last time he fucked his wife

Awbaby yeah fuck mebaby ohyeah you take such good care ahmy baby

he thought she was talking about her pussy

the next evening after work he went into the kitchen his daughter was at the table doing her homework  Wheres your mother honey

I dont know Daddy she wasnt here when I got home from school

Your homework going wellNeed any help

Almost done Daddy

Yeah Youre a smart girl baby scary how smart you are Youll excuse me  he backed out of the kitchen and went up the stairs to his bedroom at the top of the stairs

the door was closed

he gave it a rap 

then he pushed it open

she was gone

the bed was unmade

dresserdrawers were wideopen

closet door was wideopen

clothes were gone

Excuse me he said I dont mean to be presumptuous or rude May I ask you how old you are

Im thirteen

Thirteen

Yes

I thought as much You remind me of someone I knew when I was about your agea year older

Whats her name

Terrible I cant remember her name  For my life I cant remember her namean Ive been puzzling over it some weeks now an thats why frankly you startled mereminded me of her  yet again

I should be ashamed I cant remember her name

Do you think she remembers yours

I dont know I think we remember each other for something other than our names

Ahexcuse me she said she stuck her hand out towards him My name is Guiwenneth

he took her hand she had a firm grip unafraid they shook I imagine never a Gwen

Never

Guiwenneth A pleasure to meet you my names Joe

Well look at that

Excuse me

You remembered my name

Youre funny Ill remember her name eventually

I will

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