A typical response would have been to unleash First Strike Troops on the entire planet and even considering that caused me to shudder in revulsion.Eit...er one would have been more of a no win situation than the NTF would have been prepared to put up with. At least that put my still active conscience to rest on one score.The other was my increasingly unambiguous feelings towards this charismatic, frighteningly competent being who had once been my best friend. She was an enemy, and a very. I took the opportunity to get Judy to take some pics more suitable for Steve and with my hand around the white robe of the tattooed stripper from earlier we posed for innocent pics, I even ventured to give him an innocent peck on the cheek. Then all of a sudden the music picked up and we all started to dance ‘our’ personal stripper taking it in turns to gently take us in his arms and sway as we hugged into him. We continued to take pics and during one of my dances with ‘our man’ I let my hand. Yes, we did see the moon from the back yard. We can do this at night in the winter because the hordes of mosquitoes are gone.Then we showered. And then we re-established the service of our bed. Our FIRST wedding bed.We got up in the morning and went up the road for breakfast. No sense in making a mess in the kitchen on this short trip. Besides, the only ingredients we had on hand were the things that would keep well over the long term.At the little diner we happily answered the inevitable. ”I rolled my eyes for a second and said: “Once upon a time, not long ago, didn’t you idolize a rapper because of his mentality? Didn’t you idolize the fact that he came from almost nothing, just like us? You still idolize him, do you?” I said, sincerely. She nodded.After a slight hesitation, she asked: “What’s your cousin’s story?”“Well, this will be a long story,” I started. “My cousin Jay and I were close. We still kind of are. We’re close-knit. All of my cousins that I am close to I like to.