“This is...”, he began, “My...our present”, I finished, walking around her, looking her over. “Excuse me, I think I should go,”, she said,...and turned toward the door. “Please, don't leave yet.”, I pleaded, grabbing her wrist and giving her a saddened look. She took the bait. Not letting go, I led her to the stairs, saying “You must see my room.”, which was actually our room. B****r began to follow, “You may join us in one hour.”, I said to him, winking to let him know that I would turn on the. All finished prepping by the river edge, stood up and put on my panties and bra and was admiring myself as much as i could in that silly compact mirror. completely oblivious to my surroundings."Very Pretty" was all i heard. My heart and body jumped a foot in the air. "Who? What? I am not alone?" i was thinking. I turned in a start and just a few feet from me a man was standing ogling me. I stood frozen not knowing whether to run or cry. After what seemed like a minute of shaking he started. Her hand which was around my waist snaked down and she smacked my bum, too gently to hurt but hard enough to get my attention. “You are teasing me aren't you Laura?” I ran my fingers through her brunette hair, “You do look good my love. And I may be teasing, but maybe you ought to ring Sarah and thank her.” Jess’s expressive eyebrows arched questioningly. So, I answered her questioning look, “For showing me there is something more powerful in my life than lust for one of the sexiest women on. Life change was upheaval. I was just 23 years old and in the past five years I had packed more living in that space than I would ever again, by far.Juliana and I stayed, slept on the floor at Jay and Lenny’s. I held her close as we slept. She had given me an address I asked for. I don’t know if she believed me but I said I wanted to keep in contact with her and perhaps if things went right a trip to get together could be in our future. Sao Paulo Brazil was a world away from where we where then.