I’m sure tonight will be quite the occasion. My brother is flying in to Greenville, a neighboring city with an airport, today with his new girlfriend. My brother was engaged before but I think my Ma and Pa drove her away. I don’t get how my brother or even my Mom and Dad let it happen. But then again they don’t interfere with anything else Ma or Pa say or do.

I look at Pa sleeping in his chair by the T.V. and deduce that I have some time before I have to go with him to the airport. I turn on the T.V. and start flicking through channels. I stop on a channel with two women passionately kissing. I should change the channel but Pa’s sleeping right? I look over and see him in the same position as before. This is taking a huge risk but I can’t seem to change the channel. I turn my head back to see that one of the woman’s breasts is now revealed and the other woman is licking and sucking the erect nipple. I gasp and my breath hitches. I sit paralyzed staring at the screen for I don’t know how long. A few minutes later, the blond haired woman and a darker skinned, dark curly haired woman are lying in bed together.

My Pa, Jack, he could be a great man; he might be a great man. It’s a shame that he’s disguised. Disguised by the shield that too many people down here hold in front of themselves. Ignorance.