“Really?”
“Yes really” I then backed away a few steps and made a circle out and around to make it look as if I just walked up on them. April saw me and said, “As usual your handsome man knows when a lady is in need of a drink.” I handed mom the first glass.
“Yes he is good at knowing things like that.” as I was handing the next drink to April.
“We were just talking about you and how good you look, now that you’re all grown up. You make me wish I was a younger woman.”
“You’re not all that old. You look young enough to have any young man you want. The trick will be to find the man that will want you, the same way you want him.”
“Wow. He’s got to be quite a smart young man as well as good looking.” April took a drink of her pop, and then added, “He even remembers what kind of pop I like best.”
“Yes he is and does notice what a person likes and dislikes.”
“Oh man I need to do some more shopping and then meet Marry for dinner at the restaurant up on Grand Street shopping center.” standing up and gathering up her shopping bags she went on to say, “Now remember what I said about doing and not thinking about it and I know you’ll have what you want.” I could just make out April rolling her eyes towards me a few times as she told mom ‘you’ll have what you want’ even though April was looking downward toward mom, before mom stood up.
I gathered up the three shopping bags next to mom, and after I stood up straight, “Do you want to clue me in on what April was talking about, having what you want?” just to see if mom would tell me.
“The way I see it I have what I want all ready but she doesn’t know it yet.” I noticed mom blushing as she said that.
Mom took my arm again as we walked on toward the next store. The next store was another lingerie store that looked to have more to offer than the first one. Mom did some looking around at different gowns and nylon dresses as well as fish net dresses and chemises that were sheer. I even found a few things that would look good on mom. I was wondering if she was really interested in wanting me as her lover, like her and April were talking about out at the bench. If mom is interested in wanting me that way, would she use these items to entice me into making the first move? The sales woman came over and asked mom if she could be of some help. Mom talk to her in a whispered voice so I wasn’t able to hear what mom said. It wasn’t long mom was in a changing booth and the sales woman talking to me about a few things I thought about buying for mom that I had noticed on a clothes rack.
After mom and I left the store and entered the main hallway, mom said, “I see you bought a few things in there also.”
“I picked out a few things that I thought would look really good on you.”
“I can just imagine what they are.”
“I do believe you’ll like them.”
“Knowing you the way I do you may be right. Anyway, I’m ready to go on our picnic now.”
“The shortest way to the pickup is this way my lady.”
I drove to a fast food restaurant and ordered our food and drinks to take to the park for our picnic, then drove to the park. I got out and helped mom slide out on the driver’s side, then took the bag of food I had picked up at the restaurant and with mom on one arm and our meal in my free hand, I escorted mom to a picnic table down by the pond. The picnic table was under a big shade tree where we could sit in the shade and look out over the pond as we ate, “This is the perfect spot for a dinner. How did you ever learn to find such perfect places?”