Having one night stands

     It can be said that the vicar's son was a flighty, and I suppose he will continue to be so if he is not dead. If not, how can you call the guy who had been romping with Violet the night before and was flirting with Hope the next morning? And what about my grumpy sister who was being cajoled by her future brother-in-law, even though she didn't know about the barn?

     You can get an idea, dear Fran, how uncomfortable my situation was when we took the sheep to the church field and met — he actually found us — with that bare faced. He played the fool; he answered my questions with questions; until he put Hope, the naïve, on him´s side. Nonetheless, she seemed not to be bothered by the moment, on the contrary, she was enjoying herself and the smirk that emerged when he asked for her name and her mood had changed for the better. «She´s like that» she said referring to me and she stayed with him and I had to lie without need, because when you lie it is because your person is doing it; i.e. that one takes advantage of that lie, but watching the backs of someone who, on top of that, treats you as she treated me does not fit with my way of being or, at least, did not fit in those years.

     «She is sorting one of the sheep», I said to my father.

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     Mary