The word sex was invented in 1382. The word sex is not in the Bible, not in the King James Version. Adam knew his wife. And Cain knew his wife. Some say that one night while he was drunk, Noah’s son knew him. There was a lot of knowing going on. The word fuck showed up around 1475. Some think that it was derived from Middle English fucken, which came from German ficken. Others believed the urban legend that it meant “fornication under consent of the king.” Or “for unlawful carnal knowledge.” Dozens of variations of that word as an acronym. The kinder term booty call showed up in the 1990s, thanks to comedian Bill Bellamy and a song by an R & B group called Blackstreet, and it became what we called midnight rendezvous. • • • I used my key to open the door to the primary suite. Holding his hand, I led Prada inside. We walked into one of the rented suites; this suite had five scented candles lit, the scent of ginger and pumpkin.
