Everything seemed so foreign. The last ten years of his life culminated in this, but everyone seemed so far away. Thoughts of glory were gone from his...head and replaced by the primal fear of not being good enough. His mind numbed as the seconds sluggishly ticked on and from nowhere came the little girls smile. Like basking in sunlight with his eyes closed, her voice warmed him. ‘You’re my hero,’ echoed through him. He had to be her hero. He could do this. As his natural instinct kicked in, he. This isn't the middle of Los Angeles. If he doesn't want to sell his land for a fair price, then his neighbor will. I had a handshake deal with Jim before I spoke with Mr. Phillips. I told him that Jim had agreed to carve out a hundred acres for me and would sell me an acre for $950. I can't help it if he wanted $2000 an acre for the other ninety-nine. I didn't write the contract that Jeremiah signed. I wasted a week of my time to come out here and get him to do something he already agreed to. She never forced me to sit still, she never complained when I talked to much, she never told me to stop thinking and dreaming. Instead of getting annoyed with all of it she asked me questions, gave me problems or puzzles to solve, paper to write on, building material of every possible kind and a great big garden to roam, sit, lie, dream or build things in. By the time I was sixteen, everything was pretty great, until I found out the truth about me, the truth about my mother. Learning that. At any rate, with our hormones beginning to race througout our bodies, it seemed inevitable we would start to explore. Up until that time, neither of us had experimented at all with the opposite sex.We checked on the old folks, and they were drinking their coffee and yakking up a storm. We went back outside and found a side of the house with few windows. The neighborhood was quiet - we saw no activity in windows or yards next door or across the street. The next thing I knew, we started to kiss..