" Tell me honestly exactly how you felt during the past few days." That's tough. I guess I was scared. Scared bad. Real nervous too.Exhilarated. Like ... was on the world's scariest roller coaster. Ifeel like I accomplished something. I never would have been able togo through all that if you didn't make me." You could have quit at anytime." No I couldn't have. Quitting meant leaving you and I'm never goingto do that ever again. As long as you'll have me." Our relationship didn't work before. "Sounds good," said Gerry and slipping off clothes as he went, headed forthe main bedroom. When she came in, she demurely undressed and slipped ona pair of pyjamas with her back to him, before climbing in beside him andsnuggling up.Gerry tried to interest her in a little activity before they went tosleep but she merely complained that she was tired too and had meant shecould do with some sleep when she had said an early night. Suddenly angryand feeling frustrated Gerry threw back the bedclothes. We walked past one guy, around Luke's age, sitting on a wall. I saw him looking at us and he moved his hand and quickly grabbed his package, giving himself a squeeze. I heard him "tut tut" quietly, bit the smile on his face was one of approval. Another man was walking with his family. His wife was oblivious as her husband stared at my friend, looked to my lumpy shorts, looked back over Luke's smooth, tanned body and finally into my eyes. The corners of his mouth came up in an almost. What's that?" It was in your reading, wasn't it? Back to you Mike." Uh huh, the book says things, economic things, prices and wages, go up and down, like, I don't know, roller coasters, lots of hills and valleys."He drew an up and down line on the board ending with a big hill and a very deep decline to the railing of the board. "OK, this is not very accurate or detailed. But I remember there was a break in 1893, a bad one, and several before that caused mostly by railroad speculation and, wait.