Billy grinned wide. "Hey girls! Mandy, welcome home!" Hi Bill!" they said in unison, giggling. The one on the left waved playfully.From the neck up, t...ey looked like twins. Mandy was the older, home after her sophomore year at college. "Did you bring that boy of yours home with you this time?" William asked.She sighed. "No. He's on a dig in Peru. I haven't seen him in two months." Oh, that sucks. I know your parents what to meet him. But a dig in South America is probably a pretty big deal,. She had made me a promise! What had I done? What the hell was she thinking?I stormed through the house. Most everything was still where it had been when I left for work in the morning. She took her clothes, some of her jewelry, a few books and her client files, but everything else was in its place.McKayla wasn't answering her phone. No one picked up at her parents's house.The tears came. I sobbed and sobbed. I wondered if the past eight months had been a lie. If I had been had.It may have been. I’ve got to man up. So I excused myself from Gina, and walked up to the chubby white guy. I told him to shut his mouth otherwise I’d kick his ass. And I also told him I knew campus security’s response time. I’d mop the floor with him before they got to me. The chubby white dude hesitated. Clearly, like most Canadians, he wasn’t used to an outspoken Black man getting in his face. I smiled. He cursed and walked away. Feeling quite good about the whole thing, I went back to Gina. You should have. . and then the taste...However, before I had the opportunity to think any more on such a subject, I was brought into the now by a delicate knocking on the hotel room door. Tap, tap, tap...Shit ! I wasn't quite ready ! I hadn't intended to be stark naked when you arrived. That was being a touch too presumptious I felt. After all, it had been five years and neither of us were quite sure how we would feel, being in each other's company again.Tap, tap, tap...Grabbing a towel, I wrapped it around.