52 SLIPPING AWAY | SUE FAGALDE LICK
SUE FAGALDE LICK is the
author of Stories Grandma
Never Told, Childless by
Marriage, and Up Beaver
Creek. She lives in South
Beach, Oregon, where she is
music director at Sacred Heart
Church.itting next to my husband, Fred, in the hot tub, I watched as
his hands began to wander across my body, touching my leg, my
thigh, my—
“Hey, what are you doing?”
“Just looking around.”
“Oh yeah?”
He looked down at his penis bobbing in the water. “I believe I have an
erection.”
“Is that unusual?”
He didn’t answer, but moved closer, wrapping his legs around mine,
leaning over for a deep, tongue-filled kiss. His hands roamed over
my arms, my shoulders, my breasts. It was clear what he had in mind,
but we hadn’t done anything sexual in over a year. Our last successful
attempt had been so long ago that I assumed we would never have sex
again. He had had trouble keeping an erection for years, and since his
Alzheimer’s diagnosis, he seemed to have lost the desire and the ability
to touch me sexually.
Now, he was turning around and maneuvering himself into position
between my legs.SUE FAGALDE LICK
Slipping Away
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