He wore a pair of light-wash slim jeans and blue canvas slip-on Sperry shoes. His dishwater blond hair was cut low on the sides with the top slicked b...ck with gel. He waited patiently for his family.The Dadianis had the twins ten years after Amiel was born.Amiel had worked with a friend on the faculty of Washington & Jefferson College to get his sisters admitted there.Lia was the first to spot Amiel. She announced it to the family.The group hugged and greeted one another with loving. It was windy up in the clouds. The little girl looked up at me and with her right hand pulled away hair covering her face, revealing to me her shimmering eyes. I looked around to make sure no one else was present. I knelt down and moved my face towards the girl until my mouth was only about five inches away from hers. When she exhaled, the air she breathed out touched my face, and it felt as if she was actually touching me. I wanted to be near her—so close to her that she was in me, so that the. He struck very hard, in a slow methodical manner that left a full minute between each stroke, the legal maximum. To experience intense pain was what Tiffany expected, and what she wanted. Every July she expected Vladik to punish her severely."July 12 means a lot to both of us. That's the one day I have a chance to face what I've done, and really suffer for it. I have a lot of bad memories, stuff that sometimes keeps me up at night ... and when he's finished whipping me, I don't think about all. "I squeezed a little harder."Okay, okay," he whined, "I apologize Amanda, I'm sorry."As they departed Amanda looked at me and grinned. "Damn, Romeo, I'm impressed even though I coulda kicked his sorry ass by myself."I kept watching the three stooges as they walked away. When they were safely out of my reach the talkative one turned around and flipped me off."Who was that jerk?" I asked."Jamie Hauver, my last boyfriend, he was a big mistake." We all make em," I say nobly. "But someday I want to.