Out of the Madness by Jerrold Ladd

Author:Jerrold Ladd [LADD, JERROLD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446564953
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2009-09-25T16:00:00+00:00

In December 1986, the winter weather was still around, and everybody stayed bundled up. Lisa invited me to a Christmas party her family intended to throw. Word was around the neighborhood that she was my girl, with my always being on her street and all. And Lisa and I were growing closer, sharing deep secrets.

For example, she had a very masculine uncle who really approved of me. He often wanted to take me aside for small conversations, which never aroused my suspicion. “Jerrold,” Lisa said, “I want you to be careful around him. I’m not going to tell you why. Just trust me.” I immediately figured he was gay, and Lisa admitted this. But he’s not exactly that, she said. He likes both men and women and, sometimes, children, she told me.

Although I was too ashamed to let Lisa see, finding out he possibly had violated a child evoked the sad incident from my past. After Lisa’s revelation, I became uncomfortable when I visited her. So we would sit on her porch more, instead of inside the house. She was content with this, being the understanding person she was, but she made me promise to come inside during the Christmas party. She was all excited about some of her distant female cousins, whom she wanted to introduce to me during the party.

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