“Good! Well why don’t you go off with Elrika into the kitchen then Chrissie. Your mum and I have to talk about some boring things now.”The lure ...f ice cream notwithstanding Chrissie nevertheless looked reluctant to be parted from Daniela. Elrika held out a hand invitingly. “Come along.” She urged. “When we’ve had some pop and some ice cream you can help me feed the cats and the chickens.” With the prospect of these further adventures in store Chrissie allowed himself to be led away. Daniela’s. "I felt so sorry for him." Hmm, feeling sorry for them is what gets us girls into trouble in thefirst place. Come on we got work to do girlfriend."As Alex opened the suitcase and began pulling out clothes, I stoodthere, unsure about whether I wanted to do this. The dark voice in myhead was back, You're not gay, you can't do this. The other voice waslighter, You're not gay, but do it anyway.I turned to Alex. "Can you help me with my makeup? I want to try bymyself, but I'll need some help." Alex. "Mark racked his memory for a moment, then he remembered the young man. "Ahyes. Your ... performance was memorable. The way you flirted with thatother guy, and even kissed him." Yes. you changed my life, Mark." Well, it was just a show, nothing to get that upset over." You might not think so if you were in my shoes. My girlfriend recordedthat whole show. She thought it was hilarious. Maybe she wouldn't think sonow, mind you."Something about the way he said that made Mark shiver, but he tried. "Besides there's plenty more homeless people out there."A week later, Sam got off his cot and stretched. His arthritis wasn't all that bad today. He walked over to get a bottle of wine and stopped in surprise. He didn't feel the need to drink today, a need he had felt every day for the last twenty years. He shrugged and grabbed a bottle anyway.Sam looked around his room seeing it clearly for the first time since he had gotten there a week ago. He had been drunk or doped up until that moment. A.