He looked dejected as he slumped down the hall, his shoulders stooped. I wasn't as tough on him as I could have been. Instead of woman stuff, I could ...ave told him I was having woman trouble. That's something no man can confront.I went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet and emptied my bowels. I did a quick wipe, one Sheryl Crow would have been happy with, then pulled out a bottle of Fleet enema I had stored under the sink. That's something else most men won't confront unless it's just to. And knelled in front of Alexis."Come and get some breakfast babe." i said "Okay honey" She saidWe went into the Kitchen, and sat down. Just the my sisters joined us. I could tell Kelly was uncomfortable eating with Alexis there. When we got finished eating and everyone went into the living room and sat down. I stayed in the Kitchen and called a cab company. "hello thanks for calling the yellow cab cab company" the lady on the phone said"yeah can you send a cab to 5283 cherry drive." i said to. "Her father reeled as if struck by the man. The father looked up from his shoes with pleading eyes, "I do not understand, my family has been brewing this sake for generations. It has never failed in all of that time, since the time of the shoguns." It has failed," said the man unkindly. He wore a plain black suit that contrasted with the traditional kamono of her father. "Two women, an American and a Canadian, are here negotiating a contract. Nothing happened when they were given your sake.. I admit to being quite proud of it."I shook my head, before addressing the second issue. "Religion. Why does everyone insist on harping on that? There is no state sponsored religion, here. We do mot allow fanaticism. Other than that, people are free to practice whatever religion they desire. You are free to visit any religious site in the Federation, to see this for yourself. I will admit that it's true most of the population follows the old ways, but it is far from the only religion practiced..