It was tremendously erotic feeling…

Our soapy bodies barely touching, sheets of warm water cascading over us. I wanted to grab her and hold her to me fully, but she pushed me gently and whispered, "No—I'll tell you when."

And standing there with the water pouring down on us, I was finally hit by the "Aha" phenomenon. I realized just what she was doing to me: the bourbon, the cigarettes, the nudity and now the shower—how much better it was to touch lightly than heavily.

She was teaching me. She was taking a horny, heavy-handed young buck who really knew nothing and teaching him how to love. I would have to look a long time to find so beautiful and wise a teacher. I made up my mind not to fight her, but to learn all I could.

Among the few smart things I've done, that was the smartest.

Cherry Younger