‘God, I love you so very much,’ I whispered. I say that to him every day we’re together, but I never get tired of saying it, and if he ever gets...tired of hearing it, he’s never let on. ‘I love you too,’ he answered. ‘You know, sometimes I still have to pinch myself to make sure I’ve really got you.’ ‘Baby, you’ve got me forever, beyond forever,’ I said. I slid down my husband’s chest, closed my eyes and let my hair dangle in the water, while Bill squeezed the water from a sponge over my. As he sat there, drinking beer and fuming, he saw a sheriff’s department cruiser swing into the diner parking lot. He ducked down and, in doing so, bumped his head on the half-full case of beer on the seat next to him. His truck was in the back of the parking lot, in a shadowy area next to a dumpster and was hidden well enough that the deputy in the car didn’t see him and pulled back out onto the highway. After a while, Rod sat back up, rubbing his forehead. In his beer-fogged brain, the fact. An hour later sweaty and hot I was finishing buffing up, Beth appeared at the front door asking if I wanted a cold drink, I said I’d love one as I was almost done. She stood a moment staring at my bare torso, sweat running down my front and back then told me to come inside when I was done. Ten minutes later I was sitting next to her on her leather settee sipping at a tall glass of diet cola and ice. “ Thanks for cleaning it Steve”, she said, “I hate having a mucky car, old as it is,” I told her. Is there anything else you might desire?" Hades asked Jeff, noting the lack of avarice in the young man's eyes. Thinking quickly, Jeff told Hades of his earlier idea. With a chuckle, the underworld lord agreed to the young man's plan, knowing most mortals would have been greedy in their request."You're an amazing young man, I think Zeus may be in for a surprise this time. Let me warn you, young man; nobody has won the game yet. You are only the second warrior to make it this far, and the first.