In exchange for his meals—and as she termed it, 'the
little bit he paid for rent', Miss Millicent taught him to take care of her
sexual needs.
By then, Reece was fifteen and found her demands
too much for his growing body. No matter how early he went to bed, he could
barely stay awake in school.
His mother's death freed him from having to
perform nearly every night. He was desperate to get out from under Miss
Millicent's roof, and so when another woman stabbed and killed his mother in a
fight at a dance, he seized the opportunity that came to him.
Reece persuaded his mother's landlord to rent him
the two-room shack. He didn't disclose where the payments would come from, but
ended the man's objections by paying two months' rent up front.
Miss Millicent stopped talking to him when he told
her he was moving out.
Since Miss Millicent turned him on to sex, Reece
gathered experience not only from the wealth of things she taught him, but
widened his reach among the females in the neighborhood. He wasn't handsome,
but the combined package of his athletic body, golden-honey eyes, and sculpted
lips stirred something carnal in the women around him.
Reece used his physical attributes to get what he
wanted, conscious that he was no better than his mother.

Sherryn came into his life when he'd established
his business. She helped him with its gradual expansion and stuck with him
until now. With so much history between them, living without her was not
something he cared to contemplate.
His hand caught the cold surface of the glass,
which brought him back to the kitchen. He ate another handful of chips,
finished the juice, and plodded upstairs, prepared for a sleepless night.
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Sounds like quite the education. And quite sad.
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