You feel strongand confident? You should. I'm twice your size and that was anexcellent punch. Come on, let's have a beer and watch naked sweaty men...et covered in oil and wrestle."We had a beer, it felt so vulgar drinking out of a can but I guess I hadto try and at least pretend to be in character. I learned to quaff,which is like drinking but less of it goes in your mouth. By the thirdbeer I felt more relaxed and at ease with myself. That was when heturned on the screen and it showed two. "I may be gettin' it up downstairs these days, bu' I'm an ole man, Major. I seen my betta' days fall into my past. Kim-Ly's gonna need help 'ere when I canna keep goin'." She seems like a woman capable of taking charge and seeing things through. I'm not so sure she needs me around to keep going." Tha's true, tha's true," Miller replied, "bu' I canna bu' wan' 'er ta do more 'an jus' survive, Hitch. Lonely world outta thar', as ya know, dunna wan' 'er ta be lonely when I'm gone."Hitch didn't. Gary escaped upstairs and I rinsed the dishes and stacked the dishwasher. As I contemplated this morning’s events, I convinced myself that what Gary and I did was wrong, and it needed to stop. As appealing, exciting and enjoyable as this morning was, continuing a relationship with my stepbrother violated every rule in our society.I freely admit, there was a part of me that wanted this torrid relationship to continue. Mixed with the shame and deep embarrassment of my sin, was the excitement of. Sarah Strand liked me.And from the way the rest of the students waved or spoke, they liked meas well.For the first time in years, I didn't feel the need to look over myshoulder for threats coming from my blind side. I didn't have to payattention to where my eyes landed, to keep from getting accused ofleering at some jock's squeeze. I could head into the halls of theschool, safe in the knowledge that I wouldn't get my head pushed into atoilet or my books knocked askew.It was a delightful.