I stood at the glass doorway from the dinette area and waited for my cue for the ceremony to begin. The guests were seated in the exact number of chai...s needed. There was no question of who would be showing up. Only those Jake trusted for such an event were even considered. I surveyed the guest and smiled at what the impact of my entrance was likely to have, even on Jake. We had kept some of the arrangements personal, like what we would be wearing and what we would say to each other. I saw Jake. But I'll promise you, I always will respect your role as a loving and caring mother of Tony and Michelle, and I'll try not to jeopardize your marriage to Peter as long as you're uncertain about our affair. But then you'll have to promise me, that you'll give our relationship a chance."Tears started to well up in Carmen's eyes, "Alright. I feel so wonderful with you, despite the fact you're my son's age. For some time I'll have to compartmentalize my life. Explore our relationship, while I still. I went to live with my great-aunt Denise, until I was 18 and could gain access to my trust fund and law suit money from the crash. As my aunts only living relative, after her death, I was left with her fortune as well. Most of it was in bonds and came in the form of her secluded mansion in Austria where I had lived with the old broad since my parents sudden end. After my aunts cancerous demise I continued to live in the house- but I was not alone. I lived with my servants. Not the kind that. Unsteadily, I put first one foot and then the other up on the wooden circle. "I can't see. I can't balance." I depended upon my host to keep me from falling.The hands left my shoulders, gently taking my backpack. A loop of silk rope was put around one wrist, then another around the other, and the rope laid in my palms. The ropes slowly started moving up, pulling my hands, spreading my arms up above my head. I wondered if I hadn't made a tremendous mistake coming here. I tested a loop. If I.