This story was originally written for a Halloween contest. A man discovers that there is more than meets the eye with himself and his family. He must choose between accepting his family heritage full of the unknown, with a beautiful and mysterious woman or continuing to live his mre familiar mundane life.
Sisters Liz and Nat enjoy an above-ground backyard pool, inviting nerdy next-door neighbor Dan to join them. Nat is older, gorgeous, and the high school social queen, while Liz is heavy and feels overlooked. Dan, attracted to both sisters, thinks he has no chance with Nat, and soon he's partnered with Liz. Dan and Liz's deep intimacy is encouraged by Dan's single (and swinging) mother and the sisters' father. A simple teen romance explodes into lusty combinations.
I'm standing in line at the frozen custard stand at the carnival when I become aware of someone standing "close" to me. Then the "someone" - who turns out to be a young girl - moved, just a little, so that now she's standing almost beside. Then I hear her say, "That ice cream sure looks good, doesn't it? Bet you'd like to buy me a cone, wouldn'tcha, Mister?"