By the time I met them, Finn was sleeping with his mom in the king-size bed and Matt had scrunched up on the couch in the den. Mercedes wanted to want, but she didn’t miss it that much. As a matter of fact, she’d never been particularly into sex. And she had other priorities now. It was plain to see that they had organized around his desire and her refusal. In the beginning, he hotly pursued her and she was in the responsive role. She welcomed his advances. Gradually her interest gave way to resistance, and his wanting morphed into neediness. That was such a turnoff that it made her double
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