I was flattered that he was interested to me, andI did my homework. He was fifty-six years-old. Hewas tall, slender with dark hair graying at thetem...les. His wife had died in an automobile accidenta couple of years before. He had a teenageddaughter, named Julie. The fact that he was thirty-two years-older than me didn’t bother me. I figuredthat I could satisfy his sexual needs and still enjoymy relationship with Iris. Iris and I had even discussed it before heproposed to me. I. ’ You know that life will never be what we anticipate, nor does it conform to what our ideals are. We always try and simplify things in our minds and the conclusion is ‘I really do know what I enjoy and I like in a man.’ You want him to be your knight in shining armor, have that firm knowledge that you love him very much and that quite simply you adore him. That aspect will never change, you will always want him in your bed and in life. He has loyalties to his family, you cannot take that away. I also wanted to see South Carolina in action. They had stepped up their recruitment of me. If they continued to put together 11 – 2 seasons, they might have a shot at the national title when it was time to go to college.Friday October 3Coach Hope had warned us that Lakeview would be ready for us. We hadn't believed him. They had lost to Eastside, and we had owned them last week. By the end of the first half, I had done some firsts this year. I had thrown my first interception, I had fumbled,. So I took nothing, I left everything where it was. It's surprising how much of your former self you can choose to live without. Shamani sorted the paperwork, I still don't know how. He got everything changed, and I became a real person again. I learnt to drive, took my CBT, my full bike licence and by the time I was twenty was the proud owner of a bright red Suzuki Bandit. I bought a flat around the corner from Shamani's, just a place to have my post go, a garage to park my bike. Money comes.