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My father came from a large large family, it was not unusual to have people I had never met, come visit. I remember when I was 5 that our Aunt Tonette was coming for Christmas, She was from New York and had been married to my father's half brother Enrique, until he passed away. My sisters were excited, they told us Tonette was very wealthy and she likely brought nice presents.

When Aunt Tonette arrived she was very beautiful and dressed in furs and lots of shiny jewelry. She was very good with kids and had us all excited to be with her. My father kept a fresh drink called a Manhattan in front of her. I wanted to hear about New York, all those people living close together fascinated 5 y/o me.

Aunt Tonette slept in our room because we had an extra bed that my brother vacated to go to college. My mom told us that Aunt Tonette wouldn't be going to bed until late and we'd be asleep.

I was not really sleeping when Aunt Tonette came into change, I had seen my mom in her plain underclothes, but my aunt was like a different species, black lacy stuff and then she took her bra off, I was ignorant but I knew big boobs were special. I didn't have a spank bank yet, but was still a treat.

The only disappoint was the little transistor radio she gave me, I was sure that since the radio was from New York we assumed we could listen to Yankee games. That wasn't true, but at night we could hear Cubs games on WGN.