Close Encounters Scene 34

  Damien went kind of pail, “No, don’t be him. I don’t like him.” “Oh sorry, who should I be then?” I asked. “Um, you can be…” he thought out loud, “Um, oh I know! You can be Professor Quarrel!” and started to laugh so hard that he snorted. “Quarrel? No way, he was a […]

Close Encounters Scene 33

  Damien watched me work with rapturous interest, following my hands from the wipes to the diapers and then watched as I fumbled to try and figure out how best to get the diaper under him. He surprised me once again when, without any instruction, put his feet up on the edge of the bed […]

Close Encounters Scene 32

  I figured the Kondremul must have flushed the pot-roast right through his system or something like that, so I asked him what he wanted. “Oh ok, would you like more of what we had for supper?” He wrinkled up his nose and smiled, “Can I please have some peanut butter on toast?” “Um, yeah […]

Close Encounters Scene 31

  Damien was so embarrassed and, so humiliated that he was sobbing uncontrollably and clinging to my neck with surprising strength. When the two of us reached the bathroom I lowered him into the tub and had to pull on his arms to get him to release his vise like hold on my neck. He […]

Close Encounters Scene 30

  As the two of us sat at the table eating our dinner, it took all of my restraint to keep from laughing every time he picked up his chocolate soda and took a drink. The two of us were actually getting along well, laughing and talking while we ate. Damien had drunk nearly all […]

Close Encounters Scene 28

Last night, I had laid in the cool bathtub for over an hour, soaking my throbbing balls and cursing the day the parents of that kid had the audacity to give birth to a childlike Damien. What made it worse was, they hadn’t smothered him in his crib as a baby when they could have […]

Close Encounters Scene 26

Before Bill and Gladys had left, Gladys had said that there was Sausage Ravioli for Damien’s supper and if I was hungry, I could have the leftover meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy in the refrigerator. I should be ashamed of myself for taking advantage of every opportunity to cause Damien to jump in alarm, but […]

Close Encounters Scene 25

Later in the afternoon, it started to rain again, not hard like the previous night, but it was coming down steady enough that my brother couldn’t ride his motorcycle. I couldn’t have been more relived to see that rain! I hardly slept at all that night between thinking about Damien and his wet pants and […]