“In no particular order the folks in this room are:“Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia;“Empress Aiko of Japan;“Prime Minister Ghandi of India;“Pr...sident Liu of China;“Secretary General Haugen from the U.N.;“Minister Nilsson from the E.U.;“Chief Hardstick Sam, President of the Sho-Pai;“Chief Redstone, President of the Cree. Chiefs Hardstick and Redstone represent the AmerInd Nations.“Former Prime Minister Hardesty of Canada;“Chief and President Xoiti, of the Aztec Nation and representing Mexico and. "Guys, this is my cousin Max and his friends, Tony and Jake," Marie introduced them. The three shook hands with Darren and Laura in turn, each of their eyes particularly lingering on Laura, but she was used to that sort of thing."Good to meet you," Darren told them, wrapping a possessive arm around Laura's shoulders."Max here is a hypnotist. A really good one, from what I hear. He's really big back home," Marie told them, turning her smile to the man in question.Max just shrugged as if the. Not one I'm particularly proud of, but t's real and it happened. Enjoy.**************************************This story happened because of two things.One - my friend Laura and I planned a one month holiday to Vancouver.Two - I was beyond horny.So, after the first night in Vancouver, homelessness was aparent. No one is blind to it, we just choose to filter it out. And I think the other thing was that it was literally in every doorway along Granville St. On the first night here, I couldn't help. But getting back together was not going to be all that simple. What if Beth was still going to want a woman from time to time; could I accept that? If I did, I would want to be sure she didn't pick up any diseases and share them with me. That would mean I would want to know who she was with and be reasonably sure in my own mind she was safe. But who was I to pick and chose a safe lover for her when I didn't want anything to do with that kind of stuff myself? What was I going to have to do? Have.