"I thought I'd catch you up on things," I told the air. "I know it's been a while since talked. I'm sorry about that. I just don't know what to say mo...t of the time."The few men in the room stopped their conversations and turned to look at me, wondering if I was talking to them."I'm in college now," I continued. "I'm studying to be an engineer. No, I don't want to drive a train. I want to build bridges and roads. But driving a train might be cool."I paused for a moment."I didn't join the Army,". “And that’s for falling asleep, so I couldn’t ravish you last night.”She grinned at my words and reversed direction and crawled to me. “You’re mine, boss; I think I’ll do the ravishing.” She kissed her way up my body until she reached my face and then she hungrily attacked my mouth.Sally said to Zoe, “I think we should give my niece a little alone time with Michael. Do you want to share a shower with me?” Zoe nodded, and they disappeared in the direction of the bathroom.Mila purred contentedly. When I came back Paul had already arrived and was actually sitting beside her at the bar. I had explained to him what Helen looked like and he spotted her straight away. She was the best looking woman in the bar. I sat down at a table at the edge of the room just to watch like a stranger. It was clear that they were really getting on. Her hand was on his lap and she was getting closer and closer to him. I could see him enjoying talking to her and getting friendlier and friendlier. My hard on. This was a white raven."Thanks a lot," I muttered to Lenore, my grandmother's familiar. Lenorecawed and then nodded her head as though to acknowledge my comment."Hello to you too, old girl," Uncle Andre told the familiar. Then hesmiled as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a plastic bag fullof dead crickets. After feeding her a few crickets, Uncle Andre turnedto me and said, "Back when I was just a boy, Lenore used to watch overme like my own personal bodyguard." He gently pet the.