"Are you ok?" I asked her."I'll be fine," she said as she looked away from me. Her sadness was overwhelming me. "But, would you mind staying down here...with me for a bit? I really wouldn't mind some company this evening," she asked softly in a voice that was so soft and delicate it seemed to float in the breath of the ocean breeze.How could I refuse such a request? So, I stood next to her for a bit. Instead of gathering her into my arms, I slowly moved my hand and gently took hers in mine. She. I wasn't looking forward to getting ready for bed by myself again. However, I didn't want to make the situation worse by overreacting again. It was my fault she wasn't home. I told her she could go. I went in and straight up to bed without even bothering to look for dinner.I was half-asleep and having an erotic dream, when something in my brain clicked. I opened my eyes and saw Terry naked, working her tongue down my body. She had taken off the sheet and pulled down my boxers."What the... " I. And now we'll have all the help we need keeping this place cleaned up." I think it will be kind of fun," Eric offered."Fun? Instead of having two girls having to avoid, we'll have twelve," he said exasperated."Why would you have to avoid them?" I asked."Like we want a bunch of women watching us," he said."James, they won't want to watch you any more than you want to watch them." Nu-uh." Uh-huh." Really?" Really." Nu-uh."Eric put his hand over my mouth then said, "James... They know all the guys. On a level playing field, people of color in America routinely take on and defeat White folks. In the State of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick defeated some wealthy White men and wealthy White women to become our State’s first African-American Governor. Barack Obama defeated the most powerful coalition of rich White men and women ever assembled to become our Nation’s first African-American President. New York City, one of the biggest cities in the world, has had a Black Mayor. In Atlanta, White.