It was the summer of 1956. The guys in the picture were all working on the cattle ranch owned by Master's stepfather. Since the house was already full of family and guests, these guys slept on pallets arranged on the flat bed of a 47Chevie truck. The truck was parked in the ranch house yard.
One of the guests was a neice of Master's stepdad. The guys, as will teenagers, began to talk about said neice. She was sleeping on a "hide-a-bed" in the living room. Master allowed that she had shown an interest in him. The other guys questioned the reality of that statement. And so went the conversation until one of the guys produced a condom. (all teenage boys carried one in those days-even though they rarely had need of one) They agreed that if Master could sneak inside and seduce the cousin that would be a deed worthy of note. Master took the dare.
Incredibly the cousin was most agreeable and she and Master had a very memorable interlude.
After returning to the group Master produced the used condom as proof of his success and after much animated discussion the condom was tossed away in the darkness.
The next morning everyone(eight in all) was at the dining table for a typical ranch style breakfast. At some point in the conversation one of the diners got a shocked look on their face and, of course, everyone else followed their stare. There for all to see, hanging on the rose trellis was the condom swaying in the morning breeze....
No one said a thing for what seemed like an eternity. Master said he could not look at his cousin. Soon the conversation picked up where it had left off and the incident was NEVER mentioned.
Master's cousin never went out with him and seldom spoke, except in polite conversation, during family get-togethers.
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