I had his gold cards in my purse. A few states, including Texas, still recognize common law marriage. That was the longest I’ve lasted with anyone. ...hree licensed marriages, three long term live together unions, and my relationship with Louie was the longest ever. When we started out we were each married to other people, all the signs were against us lasting at all. He was a big guy, 6’2, muscular and toned, 190 pounds, with movie star good looks, broad shoulders and a square cut Italian. She had never seen her bold friend frightened before, but how she was as timid as a mouse. "Then he'll have to buy you for me or he can't have me at all. I promise."Anyway, I know Daddy won't even consider selling me until after we graduate, so there's plenty of time to make everything okay," Kathy comforted. The two girls lay with hair entangled and quietly gazed into each other eyes as the late afternoon sun shot long golden beams through the window of Christi's room.There was a knock at the. WilliamLarkin, Wayne Jenkins, Steven Belfour-Brown and Brian Nichol knewtheir secret but were hardly likely to blab; but discretion was stillessential.Robert and Charles made a concerted effort to get out and about on thecollege campus with their peers and they made sure they enjoyed thetime they spent alone together, which was still considerable, and ofcourse they had their academic responsibilities to attend to.End of term was fast approaching and Robert and Charlotte were lookingforward to. Sir had just released me and so I was searching again, never knowing though, or understanding, what it was that I sought. I was in limbo, my thoughts invaded by dark visions, of where I should be and I how I must achieve this. That evening I decided that who ever came to chat to me, I would ask the questionsthat were burning inside me. I would look for the answers, knowing that whatever those answers were that I was already lost, I had already started on my journey. There was no going back..