’ Brandon chuckled and nodded. Mary took a deep breath and prepared herself to introduce her boyfriend to her family. *** ‘Thank God, that’s o...er,’ Mary mumbled as she and Brandon finally left her house two hours later. She got into Brandon’s car and instantly began getting excited again. ‘Did your family like me?’ Brandon asked hesitantly. ‘I think so. You would know if they didn’t like you,’ she laughed. ‘Well good.’ Brandon smiled and his eyes twinkled. Mary felt that insistent tingling. OK, so I had a reputation.A drugstore occupied most of the ground floor of the residence. The owner -- Charlie -- was an old goat who doubled as the pharmacist, and made the best Coke float known to mankind. As older men will do, he also volunteered to be my mentor in the game of life. And I liked him well enough to listen. From time to time we traded favors, but the balance was usually in Charlie's favor.My friend had watched with interest, and a more than a little amusement, as I tried to. Und ich bin die Teufelin, die dir an Stellen deines K?rpers weh tun kann, die du noch gar nicht kennst!?--?Ich werde n?mlich total geil, wenn wei?e Jungs auf meinem Stuhl laut schreien. Und du wirst schreien! Du wirst sooo schreien!? Ein unglaublich sadistischer Blick trifft mich. ?Und lange! Du wirst Musik machen, dass es f?r eine ganze DVD reicht!? Sie deutet mit dem Daumen ?ber sich nach oben. ?Dort oben sind ?brigens die Kameras.? Als ich der Richtung ihres Daumens folge, sehe ich ein. ”“Dad, can I?”Don was stretched out on his easy chair watching one of those cop shows he can’t seem to get enough of. He looked over at Evan with a knowing smirk.“Don’t mind me,” he answered.There was never any doubt that I was going to give my son what he wanted, but I still liked to play my games just to make things more fun.“Did you finish your homework? Just because it’s your senior year doesn’t mean you can slack off, you know.”“I know,” he insisted. “I got it all done already.”“Okay.