They stood talking at the airport until their boarding call was announced. Joanna placed herself in front of Benny and looked up at him.
“Were you pleased to see your little ugly again?” she asked playfully.
He looked at her and grinned, “Don’t you think you’re getting a little old for this game?”
Her face fell as she looked into his eyes, she then put her arms around his neck, “I always want to be your little ugly. It’s special.”
Benny looked over Joanna’s shoulder straight into her mother’s eyes; she just smiled knowingly before turning away.
Benny had a good feeling about Hannah, a few days after the other had left; they sat and talked about what had happened. Hannah explained that her younger days were rife with drugs, alcohol and sex. She told him that group sex had been experimented with, and it was something that she enjoyed at the time but had not indulged in since. She enjoyed the session with Joanna, and instigated in it because there was a special relationship between them, but pointed out that it wasn’t something that she would likely indulge in again. Hannah was concerned about what Benny might think about what happened between her and Joanna, but he laughed and held her tight. He told it was the most erotic thing he’d ever seen. Hannah talked about Joanna, and she was okay that she and Benny slept together a few days ago; but more than a little jealousy had since crept in. They agreed that it would be too dangerous to their relationship to include other people, and decided wisely to remain faithful to each other.
As the months passed by, Hannah began to talk more about the future, for Benny it was a welcome sign as she was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. And while he would always love his little ugly Joanna, it was time that she spread her wings and found her own man to love and cherish.