It had been a pretty hot summer in Milwaukee, but the weather had broken just a couple days ago, bringing a respite from the heat and humidity. He was...glad his parent’s house was air conditioned.Tom was a handsome young man with rugged features, grey eyes, and a quick smile. He’d had several girlfriends through high school and college, and plenty of short relationships in between. As he packed, he reminisced about the night of his graduation. Joan, one of his study buddies and a close friend. She'd exchange pleasantries and talk in general terms about the past, but in the end she'd hugged me goodbye as though my body were wrapped in electric barbed wire. She'd leave without even a hint of a look back.Besides, there's an unpleasant term for men who do what I've just done. It's called stalking. Most women don't seem to find this sort of attention appealing.During my drive I must have thought of a hundred reasons why this trip was a really stupid and bad idea. Many of the reasons were. And I masturbated several times a day, it was just something I did. Until Mum caught me one afternoon after school, I didn,t think she was home so I was beating myself up when she came into my room. I expected to be yelled at but she just shrugged her shoulders and told me to keep the door closed. Somehow, that information got back to my mates sister Lorraine. I think Mum may have told her friend who passed it on but it was probably a good thing in the end because one weekend I was at my mates. It was time to grow up and start planning. * Mitch waited in his apartment for Lisa. It was getting late, almost nine and there was no sign of her. Picking up the phone he dialled her mobile, only to get her voicemail. Putting down the handset he walked across the room, running his hand through his hair, trying to think if he had said or done anything that might have upset her since last night, but could come up with nothing. Stalking back across the room he grabbed his keys and stormed out,.