..I know how women folk are about their bonnets." I lookedtoward the pile, then to my bandaged shoulder. "Don't worry, you canwear my dead wife's old ...lothes once you get around...until then, you'llhave to stand being almost naked...and hiding under them covers." Almost naked?" I wondered aloud, slightly lifting the covers andpeering under. In an instant, it was as though my entire lung capacityescaped through my throat at the same time, expelling like a shrillhorror-filled banshee! I struggled. "It's okay, I can wait. C'mon." She steered me on to my bed and began taking my shoes off. As soon as they were off, she reached for my shorts."I don't think that's what she had in mind when she said to make me lie down," I said, wiping my eyes.She smiled and pulled my shorts down and off, "In you go. Lie down before the little mommy gets here and spanks us both." As I crawled dutifully into bed, Shannon quickly stripped down to her underwear and climbed in with me, snuggling into my side and. And I think she’s being honest, but you’ll have to judge for yourself.”“You have to know that I don’t believe there is any chance of a long-term, romantic relationship with you now, or in the future. You would be content with being my friend and having sex now and again? What do you want out of life? Surely more than that!”“I do. But that’s way in the future. I want to go to college. Then I’ll be ready to settle down. Until then, I want to have fun. I want you to be part of that. I know we. "I will keep that in mind." You do that. Hang on; let me call Sato." He switched lines and I pondered the conversation. I understood that Otogi wanted Ryou's attention for his own sake, but his anger over my reinforcement baffled me. Just as Joey's initial response to my trust. It was as if both of them placed more value on belief than on proof. It was completely irrational, but that seemed to be the case.Faith and belief again. Relationships keep coming back to faith and belief. Smoke and.