” I realized who it was, it was Mike. “What are you doing here?” I said, and sat up. He pointed at a fishing rod, he was holding in his left ha...d. “What does it look like?” “Oh, okay. How are you?” “Fine, but you need to get out of the sun.” “Why?” He lit a cigarette and pointed at me. “You look like a lobster, you are red.” I looked down at my body, but through my sunglasses my skin looked fine. When I took them off I realized what he meant. “Oh, God, this is going to hurt tonight.” “It. I thought that was very loving of him and my estimation of his character rose several notches. Why couldn’t all religious people be true to the real principles of compassion? There would be a hell of a lot less shit going on in our world.We were pressed into service as guests began arriving the next day for a weekend retreat. These happened once or twice a month and brought people together with ones they already knew as well as other members of the fellowship. There were six guest rooms in the. .. balls, we'd still be bumping into walls around here like a bunch of morons."Andi found herself blushing for some unexplainable reason. "Aaron, that's very nice. And I want you to know that I have gotten to feel strongly connected emotionally with all of you as well. I don't know if I'd call it love yet, but it sure is damned close to it. I know it's hard for guys to tell the difference between platonic love and romantic love with all the naked and available pussy running around," she said. I've waited almost twenty years to be with you, and I'm not interested in losing what we have. If things got messy, would you move to keep us together?" Sweetheart, I'll do anything I have to in order to keep you and Fancy safe." So what about the kids? What do we do about Jerry and Fancy?" Nothing. If they build a life together, that's fine by me. Even if they go their separate routes, it's still their choice, and we have to allow that. But something inside me says that they're a lot closer to.