CHAPTER ONE
A Case of Curiosity
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I’M GONNA KICK YOUR BUTT!” MY AUNT REBECCA YELLED, AS SHE tried to grab me from behind my grandmother where I clung to the safety of her skirt tail as blood dripped from my nose.
“You hit that girl and I’m gonna break your dern face,” my feisty grandma snapped back at my aunt. “You’d better keep your hands off her! Don’t you see the child’s nose is bleeding?”
I had just been caught spying on my young aunt and her boyfriend, Willie, who were smooching on the couch. Needless to say, my aunt was furious with me.
Every weekend, Willie would visit the house, and he and Aunt Rebecca would head straight for the couch in the “courting room,” which doubled as a bedroom. I make no excuse about having a case of the curious, anxious to see what courting was all about and to understand why people did it. So one day, before the love birds made it to the room, I hid under the bed. My lively six-year-old mind didn’t consider the fact that I might get trapped there for hours while they hugged and kissed and used sappy words to cuddle. I knew I’d get in trouble if Aunt Rebecca discovered me. So I stayed very still for what seemed like forever. But after I had heard enough of their noisy laughing, giggling, and smooching sounds, I wanted out.
Hurry up, you two, I gotta go to the bathroom soon. And just the thought caused me to almost wet on myself. Then, suddenly, I was hit with a severe case of noseble
