One iota. One shred of indecency about my reputation, I will have you killed. Either horribly or in you sleep. I haven't decided yet." I glared at eac... man in turn. "Is that clear?" I asked in my most authoritative tone of voice. All three men nodded in unison, knowing only too well how my threats were not idle ones."While we are in private, I give you three permission from this point forward to speak freely. While we are in public, I will be treated with the proper respect due to me and my. I will never tell Gordy, but you were what kept me alive these last few weeks. I was dying without him and you saved me. I won't forget that." I won't forget you either, Darla. I couldn't if I wanted to. You taught me everything about being a man." He meant what he said. She had been as important to him as he had been to her. They fed on each other and sustained each other. In their own way, they were in love, even though they both knew it could never come to anything."You already were a man,. In my dream, the sound of the rain on the roof had turned into the sounds of the surf on the beach. Jen and I were lying together on a lounge chair, hiding from the morning chill under a thick blanket. I could taste the sweet afterglow of hot chocolate in my mouth; the empty cups were on the deck next to us.We watched seagulls hanging nearly stationary before us as they faced directly into the steady breeze off the ocean, like airplane models in a wind tunnel, flying but going nowhere. The. ......“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh”A blood curdling shriek rang out as I collapsed on the stairs. I held my head in my hands and began tearing at my hair. How the fuck could I have been so fucking stupid, why did I speed around the corner? I crashed the car and got there just a second too late. Why didn’t I.............Just then I nearly jumped through the roof as I felt a hand on my shoulder. I spun around....“Hi baby, welcome home”Trina said as she knelt down and put her arm.