"Are we really doing this? I thought as I lay there. I had a feeling I was getting in over my head. I also had a dizzy feeling.I didn't hear Rachel co...e back in the room until she had climbed on the bed behind me. "Aww yeah check out the ass," she said, "pull down those jeans for me babe."I awkwardly tried to comply, but I had life my ass in the air to get them down."Yeah that's perfect." What's perfect? Why was she acting strange? I heard her shift closer to me, her hands groping my ass."What. The two men exchanged small talk for a few minutes before Chi arrived, and picked up his badge. Steve finally remembered to offer refreshments, and preparing and distributing them frittered away just enough time to allow Phi to arrive.Steve welcomed his three guests, and was about to start in on the briefing when Chi interrupted, and reported that his wives had been busy gathering information and that they had prepared a briefing video that might be useful to review. Amused, Steve invited him. “I thought you covered all of this ground with Anala.”I nodded, “I did, but I suppose some of the lessons have been lost in the busyness of my life.”“Well, it’s time to stop and smell the roses,” Kara said. “Have some FUN.”I smiled, “I’ll try.”“That is, in the end, all we can do, as you always like to say.”I nodded, and we finished our tea and went to join the rest of the family.February 19, 1994, Chicago, IllinoisSaturday, after class, Mitsuko asked to talk to me. She’d ended up sparring with. Bill and I went out a few more times, each time pushing me closer tothe ultimate act. Only the holiday break saved me from it. As I packedto go home, I wondered what my parents had told the family, but I wasunable to bring myself to worry about it, or even care. I went to thesalon and had my hair done, the next to last laser treatment on my verysparse beard, my arms and legs waxed, my eyebrows thinned and arched alittle better, then acrylic nails added which were shaped and only abit longer.