Your smile lit up the room and your sweet laughter tugged at my heart. I tried to calm myself as I ordered another drink, a double this time. I must b... crazy to have come here, I thought to myself, but seeing you so close now I knew there was no way I could turn back. My mind was suddenly flooded with sweet thoughts of our online relationship. How you found me and with our first conversation formed an instant connection. The way we would share the most intimate aspects of our lives, laughing. “Take care of everything you needed?”“Yeah,” Faith said. “Be right back down. We are setting Steven up to take some online courses at ISU.”“Is he qualified to do that?” Joanne said, “I thought he was a dummy!”“Joanne Merrily Snow!” mom said, “That is rude and not true. Your older brother gets better grades than all of you except for Faith and PJ. Apologize to him, right now!”You would think that mom just asked her to give me a kidney, but instead, she gave me a kiss on the cheek and said, “I’m. My boss asked me to play golf with him tomorrow but I think goingto the park is more important."My boss had asked me to play with him. His regular partner had to leave townon business and I was bucking for a promotion. However, I just had to go tothe park with Joan. I told him that I would like to but that I had a pressingengagement.Joan beckoned me over to the couch. I sat down next to her and she pressed"play" on the remote. The screen was filled with the image of a black manfucking a white. However, about a year ago I was put to the test when I accidentally overheard a conversation she had with her friend, Cindy. I was laying on the floor behind the couch trying to keep cool in our hot apartment. She must have thought I had gone to work earlier but I had decided to take the morning off and rest before going in. Anyway, as I laid there her phone rang and I knew it was Cindy by her loud and distinct voice. I loved Cindy because she is a character and we always had fun together. They.