When he came back up he splashed her full in the face. She angrily splashed him back, and it turned into a full out war. She had to squint her eyes du... to the cloud of foamy water that was surrounding them.After a minute or so, she realized that he had stopped splashing her, and was nowhere to be seen. "Nick," she called, looking about for him. Just then, she felt a hard pinch on her butt, and she squealed and jumped away as best she could in the water.Nick broke the surface laughing. She. To them, success was measured in the number of votes I could bring to their side of pending legislation….but for me, it was all about the money….and I would do anything to get paid.The first time my commitment was put to the test was about seven years ago, shortly after I had joined my current political law firm as a junior lobbyist. I was sent to a senior senator’s office with a specific task of convincing him to vote against legislation that my client wanted defeated.I made an appointment. . is ... new for me. I’ve known how I felt about Eddie for a while now. We made promises to each other, based upon the assumption that we were destined to be exclusive.“The truth is that I ... begged to be allowed to babysit you, Bro. I pleaded with Mom and Dad, even groveling to them. They don’t know why I want it, at least I don’t think so. I just know ... I just knew back then that I had to ‘babysit’ you and spend lockdown with you. It wasn’t about money. That was a nice bonus. I wanted time. I was walking along the beach, it was dusk, I was looking at nothing in particular and thinking about what was I doing in this plane of existence?I have 4 teenage kids and a wife of 27 yrs but I was not happy. I own my own house and have 3 cars yet I was not happy.What is happiness?Companionship was just not there.I have changed and I felt no one had come along with me for the change.I have been out of work for the last 2 years and no one wants to employ me due to my size. Although I have.