The Case of the Mysterious Condom

two condoms in m

buted by community workers

ackaging told me they were sold for tw

band was definitely hiding something

.

ment before continuing on the phone, "I have a

sked nonchalantly, with the sound of her

friend figure out what's going on?" I swallowed hard

t be? He's cheatin

prank, or maybe he picked them up from

ble. But think about it. What kind of man carries condoms around if

the situation and was about to hang up when the typin

fore saying, "Is that fri

barely audible, but

ng about those two condoms in Stuart's bag, right? They were given out by community workers during an AIDS prevent

arted speaking whe

rt the family, and you should give him your full support."

een the sole breadwinner for our fam

, and here you are getting all worked up. Outs

hen angrily retorted, "Come on. How cou

, feeling a weight

bitch!" Just as the words landed in

and placed it back on the sofa,

s diagnosed with Alzhe

nyone except her son

d been hospitalized due to her m

, Stuart hugged me from behind and gently said,

puzzled, and as

lot of things, and since her place was on my way home, I ga

ked, watching hi

on campaign in her neighborhood, and th

I replied

ion matched Ruth'

t suggested cheekily, pulling me c

refused, "It's too late, and

ning over and falling asleep wit

.

urned, unable

rnoon, and Stuart was already ex

ad deliberately coord

ifted back to

were college classma

Stuart confessed to me,

our friendship with Ruth. We w

d Stuart plan a grand proposal

r the spotlight, kneeling on

tears, shouting, "Ma

on, Stuart and

I got pregnant, and then we had our dau

was having your best friend living across

I was that ha

s the street. She lived in

p, there was no way they wou

Stuart left withou

my husband's mother immediately started scolding me, "You're

p well last night." I said a

you giving that attitude to? When my s

t Alzheimer's, I had been hearing t

called to say he had to

other chimed in with her usual sarcasm, "My son is working

faking her illness. How could someone

I put my dau

t come home

ed breakfast and called my

w a fit when she saw t