I wouldn't want you to have to change plans or anything." She knew I was teasing her. I enjoyed teasing her, and I could feel she liked it too."I am s...re I'll be able to go out tonight. I have my own apartment now." She said. "All I have to do is clean up and feed my kitty."I laughed. " You won't have to worry about that." I paused. " What time do you think you'll be ready?"I was still holding her close, and I realized she was rubbing my hands. "I'll be ready by seven." She said, and pushed her. Well, for whatever they cost now, but with more, you could buy an ice cream cone. I think Grandfather looked at me and knew he had lost me again. So, he started over. Ok as an example, he said I might want a car of my own someday. Now he had my attention, I wanted a car just like this one. Hey! I was a kid at the time ... give me a break.He had gone on, saying that with wealth you could buy something like this car we were riding in, with greater wealth, roads could be built to drive it on. With. " WHAT!" Mo' shouted, "YOU RIPPED ME OFF FOR FUCKING TRINKETS?"Shari felt herself receding again."Fuck I don't believe it." Mo' spat, standing up.Collecting himself, he said,"So how are you going to pay it back? You fucking can't can you?... You've blown it all and your dad can't afford that much from his piddling business."Turning to look at her he said,"Well you can take those fucking clothes off for a start... they're mine... apparently."Shari covered herself in reflex."Please..." she said. Ryan could sympathize with the latter, as he now found himself bound to a spirit whom he loved dearly, apparently at odds with the laws of that same deity.Azazel was not burning in a lake of fire as the religious texts that Ryan had studied had claimed, however. He was here, throwing parties with his offspring and sharing stories around a bonfire as they clustered about his feet to listen.Ryan had been an agnostic for as long as he could remember. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe in a deity,.