When I got in trouble for doing this stuff, my mother wouldask me why I went along with Micheal and I would say, "I didn't know."That much was true ab...ut me going along with Micheal. I was a prettystraight-laced kid and most likely would have never done those thingson my own. It was also true that I didn't know, at least I didn't atthe time, but looking back on it I know now.I was a skinny shrimp of a kid and more than a bit of a nerd, if youwill. Other kids just didn't seem to want to hang out. She looked around the bar and said, “I don’t know if I should.”Dan got up and went around the bar counter. Going over to Betty, he took her arm. Gently, he guided her out from behind the bar and over to the front door. In a soft soothing voice, he said, “Sue is waiting for you.”“I don’t know what I’m going to do without her. Pat and I have been together for almost twenty years,” Betty said looking at Dan. She couldn’t understand why Pat had left her.“You’ll do what needs to be done,” Dan said. ”Accepting her new role, Megan helped her mother set the table and served us the pasta, Christine had managed to whip up from our humble supplies. Groceries would be the most imminent task for her the next morning. However, despite the little variety of ingredients she'd had available, it tasted delicious and I saw myself confirmed in having chosen exactly the right woman. Kiran served some really delicious red wine with the pasta and we all had a wonderful dinner. It was obvious Megan was. I have seen several of your paintings in galleries and, as well as being a gifted academic, it is my opinion that you are a fine painter of nudes that are frankly erotic in the way they capture the essence of the subject’s inner desires. It may seem surprising but I would dearly love you to paint me like that.”He sat in silence for a bit longer. This was something totally unexpected and he wasn’t sure of the propriety of what she was suggesting. He explained this to François, but she was.