Chapter 33
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“Mom was bragging about what a great lover you are.”
Paul and I had finished our latest lovemaking session and were lying in bed together. I’d told him about the conversation I’d overheard between my mother and her sister.
He laughed. “Really?”
“Yes.”
“And how do you feel about that?”
“Great,” I said, snuggling against him. “If Mama’s happy, I’m happy.”
He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and kissed my forehead. “You’re very lucky to have such a wonderful relationship with your mother. My mother and I had a terrible relationship that only got worse after my brother died.”
“You had a brother?”
“Yes. He was three years older than I was and he died of leukemia shortly after his twenty-fifth birthday. He’d had to drop out of medical school because of his illness. My parents were devastated. We all were.”
“I’m sorry.”