He was always out back, loading cargo out of his pick-up truck into the storage garage. It was the highlight of my day to see Dan ride up at 4:00PM, a...d watch him through the window, lifting heavy boxes off the truck and into the garage. He confused me about my sexuality. I always admired watching the beautiful women at church, with their make-up, dresses, and purses. Watching them walk gracefully from their cars, up the steps, and enjoying the feeling I got whenever I sat nearby one of them. " The men all laughed. "I will take you back to my kingdom and we will marry at last. You will become my 17th bride but you will be my favorite. You will get fucked in each of your holes every single night!" The guards cheered. The Sultan continued, "Quiet! None of you are deserving of this beautiful creature. Only those worthy will be enjoying her body. You will be my country's ambassador. Your job will be to meet with world leaders, oligarchs, lawmakers, army generals, businessmen,. It was late one night when the call came. One of my grandparents who lived out of the state offered for the family to come stay the summer with them at their summer cottage on the lake. I loved going up there swimming, lots of good food and no responsibilities. What eighteen year old boy wouldn’t love that? But my parents had other plans. ?You have to finish summer school and pass those classes.? My father was pretty stern about his decision.?You can come up on the weekends? was my. **** One of the good things about Brian was that he always traveled light. When he was in high school, he went on a school trip to France for two weeks and had the lightest suitcase out of the group. Now, aside from some clothes and hygiene products, Brian brought some food and a few mementos from his family. One of them was the pendant that Matt had made for his birthday. He slipped it into his front pants pocket of the light grey khakis that he wore. There were a lot of family pictures.