Taboo Heat: Tales Too Hot To Handle
"Please, don't remind me. It is what it is, but I'll miss them more than I can say."
"Zenerva is an asshole. Look at what she missed."
Zenerva was my wife, who one day when Ashley was five, told me she had fallen in love with another woman. In a week, she and whomever went to some island in the Pacific, and we have never heard from her since.
"Her choice. Fortunately, Ashley was so young she had no memory of her. The only mother figure she has is her Aunt Deb, who spoils her shamelessly."
Deb laughed and sipped her iced tea, "Guilty as charged, but I learned from the best. Heli-skiing in Telluride with my son?"