"Mom, I just had to tell someone, I just had to!" Eddie confessed. "Carl and Cindy have been so great, and it was so much easier for me to tell them first, before I told you, because they weren't involved in it and…"

"Calm down, honey, you're all excited."

"If you'd rather we left the two of you alone," Carl said, "I won't interfere. We just thought perhaps we could help in-some way."

"As a matter of fact," Lily told him, "I'd prefer to see my son alone."

"Mom! They're only…"

"It's all right, Eddie," the blonde woman smiled. "I don't think you'll be needing our support anyway. Your mother is on your side. I can tell that."

"Was there ever any doubt of that?" Lily asked her son.

"Oh no, Mom, I just thought… well, wait until I tell you what happened…"

"We'll be going now," Carl said softly, his dark eyes moving slowly over Lily's voluptuous form. "And if it's all right, I'd like to drop back to see Eddie, perhaps tomorrow. After all, he did confide in me and I consider him my friend now, and I'd like to know that everything's all right."

"Me too," said Cindy sweetly, her eyes also playing over the curvaceous field of Lily's body.

Before the young mother could protest, her handsome teenage son said: "Of course you can come back. Both of you. Please do."

"Good-bye, kiddo," the blonde breathed. "Chin up." Then she looked at Lily. "So long. I'll see you later too."

Carl gave Eddie a manly hug and winked his good-bye to the boy's mother, who grew irate once again at the sexual overtones of his familiarity and gave no reply. Then the couple walked back to their luxurious car. Carl climbed in behind the wheel and Cindy sat close to him on the front seat. He, started the engine and soon, they had disappeared around a curve in the dirt road with a roar of the engine and a cloud of dust.