"Come on back in, please Mark? Let's listen some more." Melissa took Mark by the hand and walked inside the office."I'm afraid that unless you people ...an learn that we will not be pushed by any of you government pukes all negotiations are futile. We three refuse to kowtow to a bunch of political hacks and bumbling gumshoes." She looked right at the one agent who had opened his mouth and stuck his foot in it.The other one said, "Now, now we ought to all be able to sit down and iron out our. For several months, I just bounced from waitress to waitress almost exhausting the supply of convenient restaurants in the town.I decided a change of scenery was in order and arranged to go on a 14 day cruise with "everything included". I was assured by the booking agent that this cruise was primarily for singles and if I didn't manage to hook up with one of the other paying guests that they would provide "full service" for nocturnal entertainment. That seemed like a great deal for the price. I sewed on rank patches, tailored dress uniforms and put zippers in the navy jumpers to get that skin tight look that was in fashion back then. The faithfulness of my wife during that time was never in question. I didn’t know it at the time, but that was the very best years and I know now that I did love her. Out marriage was simply one of the millions of casualties of the Viet Nam war. Lyndon Johnson was the real culprit in the demise of my marriage. I can’t seriously blame MaryAnn. Oh, she. It made it easy for him to give me to you. You can worship a work of art and if you give it away, you can still have the opportunity to enjoy it. That is Jirou’s secret. He sees the big picture. Now, when I’m with you, I know I belong to you. It’s much different. Until Jirou arranged for me to belong to you, I was in service without being in service to somebody specific. Now I feel complete.”I smiled. I knew how she felt. “So why did he call you his greatest possession.”“Sumo, you and me are.