"Honey," Julia responded, "I think you have very valid concerns. They're not the overriding issues, though. We've got a brilliant young man who's life...could very well be warped by the straight jacket he lives in." I don't mean to seem insensitive, Hon," Frank said. "I'm just afraid that it will look like we are targeting Matthews because of his stand against us." Let me repeat," Gerald said. "I, for one, don't mind being seen as fighting back, of being punitive. We are on solid ground here,. I did not disclose that she is my wife but like Shanthi another friend. Now the room had only two single sofas and we were all standing. All the three of us kept standing and no words. I broke the ice by saying that two men would sit and the lady should sit in the lap of one she chooses. When Shalini pointed to the bed I winked and said it is for other purposes. That comment changed the icy cold weather inside the room.Now Shalini sat on my lap. While we were discussing something vague about. By this time Mel had left his experiences at the casino behind and could face as well as down a bottle of his favorite oatmeal stout. The group sat around, talking about nothing, all the world peaceful and in its place, until someone brought up Tracy.It was Sid, having to expound on a fun time he and Nick had with Tracy earlier in the month. Naturally Nick laughed and threw out a comment of his own with some juicy added details, which again required that Sid add some more of his own. With Mel. That is best one we do!"I laughed too, delighted that she had gotten the joke I was making. "Well, you just be careful with my clothes, okay?"She nodded again, almost a bowing of her head. "You like? What we do?" I always have, I assume I always will," I told her.Still nodding, still smiling, she made another note on my ticket before I left.***I picked the clothes up on Saturday afternoon as usual and hung them in the back of my little closet in my one room apartment. I didn't need them until.