A G-Rated Story Is it "leaves fallin'" or "flowers dyin'"? You'll have to read the story to find out. A short story about the Irish in America and ambivalence between the generations.
The old man had searched in vain for a special "something" that had eluded him for most of his life. Now, at the end, that most special of all human experiences was finally offered to him. Not all the pertinent tags have been displayed. To do so would take away from the impact of the story.
This is a story set in the sixties. It is a story about a man seeking forgiveness and penance. It isn't really a story of rape, just one of human consequences, and of a person's spirit refusing to give up. Any sex is going to be strictly a byproduct of the story.
Twelve years after the accident that took her parents, Libby still lives with the only person who never left her, her grandfather. The grief never really went away. It just changed shape. Turned into a constant, shameful ache she only knows how to quiet with her own fingers… and lately, with fantasies she hates herself for having. On the anniversary, the lines between comfort and want finally break. Extremely explicit. Grandfather/granddaughter.
An older man fighting cancer helps a stranger who needs it very much. A mutually beneficial relationship develops which extends and enriches his life and more.