I couldn’t stop thinking about her. It was a mix of shame and desire. She had taken me from the foster house, and given me a home. In a sense, she was a mother to me. Not biologically. But she was in all the ways that matter. And yet, one night, one accident, and everything had changed. She was now a woman. A sensuous woman that I lusted after. I caught myself glancing, time and again. I caught myself fantasizing. I caught myself wandering by the bathroom as she showered. I caught myself wandering by the bedroom as she changed. And every night, I caught myself listening, hoping to hear her. I caught myself hoping she’d call me to her room again. But, alas, the days passed quickly, and my hand was all I had to relieve the pressure, the unfulfilled desire, the insatiable craving of her.
I was almost ready to move on, to accept that my fantasy was crazy, insane, and never to come true, when John announced he’d be spending a few weeks abroad, trying to salvage a failed project. “This won’t be quick”, he said, “they have no idea what they’re doing over there”.