Our life together was good. We were both very involved in our professions. He helped me get a number of environmental issues to the floor for votes. I...was there with him when he won the election for US senator. I was so proud of him. Of course, it did take more time away from us being together.Another item that we argued about was his family's background. They supposedly had mob ties. He said that was something he could never discuss with me and not to ask him too many questions about it. The. After asking her name and making some small talk about what a beautiful day it was, about the beach, the sky, the water, and her collecting seashells, not knowing how else to keep her talking he asked the obvious question. ‘What does your father do?’ With him figuring she was fresh out of high school or a college coed, he didn’t think she had a job. He didn’t think someone who looked like her would ever be working at Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Burger King, or at the mall. He just hoped she’d think. I had worked out thatBambi 9 was in the pod next to me and tapped the wall to see if I couldgrab her attention. After a few quiet taps without response I began tostrike the wall harder. A few minutes passed and then I heard three tapsin response and contact had been established. The comfort of thiscommunication relaxed me and I fell asleep.I awoke with the sudden need to use the bathroom. Everything was pitchblack so I assumed it was the middle of the night. I pressed the doorrelease button and. Even so, it was rumored that he was in Philly as a result of having gotten into trouble in his home town somewhere in upstate Pennsylvania. My friends at the time thought he was an escaped criminal, though that was pure rumor. Regardless, I liked Chris. He was always friendly to me and he made Julia laugh (which was no small fete). If Julia liked him then that was enough for me. My parents may not have trusted her judgment, but I did. I was counting on her judgment working in my favor that.