Page 15 of The Family Man

I don’t look back. I feel ashamed of my behavior. I just want to curl up and die in a hole. God, his whole family is there. Two kids and a pretty lady with pink hair. I had to double take while I was at the door. Then there was a man in the back who is a doppelganger ofChris Hemsworth. However, I can tell they are related. Thankfully, Anise didn’t see him. She would have died trying to get into my neighbor’s house.

ZAC

Iam in love with my children’s laughter. I don’t think anything sounds sweeter than hearing Poppy and Nikhil laugh.

My chest fills up with happiness that I didn’t know existed. I close the door and run up to take a quick shower. On my way up the stairs, I see the sisters at the back laughing, the tallest of the group holding a hose over my neighbor, and she appears to be like she is in full glee.

The dress is gone, and Sage is just in her thin strap dress, but it looks like a silk nightgown? Women still wear those? Either way, the water from the hose is molding the slip to her body. Her lacey underwear is showing. As she jumps up and down laughing, she rubs her skin trying to get the poop off herself.

The cute sister with the locs says something, and they all laugh harder. I went from non-existent to Zac in my daughter's eyes. I will take the poop all over again.

Sage is sexy. The flair of her hips, the way her firm breasts jiggle; everything about her is tempting. The water glistens on her skin, her hair falls back, she tilts her face up to the heavens. Yes, she is a temptation, but she made my daughter and son laugh. I can’t help but feel thankful for that.

I continue to the bathroom. I make quick work of the shower. I dumped my clothing in the bathroom trash. I am not washing that nor am I leaving it for the help to do so.

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SAGE

I couldn’t go back inside covered in shit. The next best option is to shed my clothing in the backyard.

My only neighbor is Zac, and he is next door. He will be too busy cleaning up. I don’t think anyone else in the neighborhood would be able to see me. Rosemary turns on the hose and starts to rinse me off.

“Rosey, this water is cold!” I scream and laugh.

“Good, it will cool down your coochie!” she replies as she sprays me harder.

The hose is shut off, I stick my hand out and Ani squirts some soap into it. “I don’t have a hot coochie.”

“Yes, you do, and I don’t blame you,” Cassia says as she sits on the deck and watches, Rosey continues to hose me down while Ani gives me more soap.

“Did you see him?” Anise asks, she claps the soap bottle. “HE IS A ZADDY. A thick Zaddy!”

She’s right. He was Zaddy material. He is super attractive, from the looks of it he has a sense of fashion, and sex appeal.

“Shit he has that ‘be naked when I get home kind of vibe,” Cassia says as she screams out laughing.

We all laugh, but she is not wrong though.

“I don’t know what happened. Yesterday he looked handsome. But today!” Ani rocks forward with her eyes wide open, like it was too much.

“You’re so silly. He looks the same from yesterday,” Rosemary says.

“Rosey you can’t tell me that beard didn’t make you pull back and clutch your pearls a little bit,” Cassia asks.

“He had a beard yesterday,” I counter.

Anise shakes her head at me. “Be for real. We were not watching his beard yesterday.”

Cassia cackles. “He had a beard yesterday? My eyes were glued to his tights and man bulge.”

“Man bugle.” I chuckle. “He does have a nice beard.”

“I love a man with a beard. We all know that,” Rosemary says like it didn’t matter.

“Fight me. A beard is a male equivalent of a push up bra. It makes everything better.” Anise puts her hand on her hip and looks around.

We all burst out laughing. “Behave! Where did you hear that?” Rosey asks.

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