A kiss too far

With less than a year between them, Paul and younger sister Karen were always close. Ying and yang people said; Karen open, fun, gregarious, while Paul was quiet, thoughtful and brooding.

When teens arrived, Karen, forever popular, would drag Paul to all her parties. While she sparkled and danced, he stuck to the wall like Blu-Tack. She decided to tutor him on girls. What makes them tick.

It was awkward when, at 16, in one of her ‘tutorials’, he grabbed Karen, forcing his mouth on hers in a clumsy kiss, confessing his love.

He couldn’t live with her rejection.