I might come back later for some more shopping.On the way back, I wondered what I would tell Kat about what had happened. She would be by later that d...y, and I had no idea how to explain that. I worried how she would react.I had walked the dogs, eaten something, and was now pacing the room. Rex watched me and looked like he thought I was going batty. Even Bitch was confused by my behavior. The bell rang, and I opened the door for Kat.“Hello Sweetie.”“Hey my love”, she smiled.“Uh, before you. Eli, Moses and Duncan rode west together out of Fort Smith, their saddlebags filled with food for a week’s worth of travel on the trail. They rode about two miles into the Territory before Moses split off and turned south-southwest, while Eli and Duncan turned to the northwest, toward the Arkansas River and Tulsa.Three days into the trip Eli and Duncan reached the growing town of Tulsa about mid-day.Duncan and Eli nodded at each other, then without a word, Duncan followed the Arkansas on to the. ‘Hey honey,’ said my wife as she entered the study, ‘I was just wondering, are you coming to bed soon?’ ‘Yeah,’ I said as I turned around, trying not to reveal my erection, ‘I just wanted to finish typing up a few more things and then I’ll come to bed.’ ‘All right,’ she said, ‘I would wait up for you, but I’ve got to go on a business trip tomorrow morning, so I’m leaving at around 5 o’clock.’ ‘I’ll be in a moment or two,’ I responded, ‘I’ll try not to wake you up if you’re asleep.’ ‘That’s. "Are- are you okay,Joshua? I mean, your first Valentine's Day since, well..." My wife has known all along, it will be no different to all theprevious ones," Joshua replies. "Just as Valentine's Day next year shallbe no different for you." ...Thanks," I say as I take my girlfriend's hand and head out of theoffice. As I leave, I can't help but muse on how Joshua was as bombasticas ever, but there was something else about him- an openness, as thoughhis coming out has lifted a great weight from his.