’ I said, and then realised what she’d said. ‘How did you know that?’ Pete clapped me round the shoulder. ‘Even a rugby player like me coul... work that one out mate, simple observation.’ ‘You mean, you knew?’ ‘Dougie, I worked that out at the wedding. You were the only one not looking at me.’ She frowned. ‘It was very disconcerting for a girl to find that the boy who apparently loved her as much as her new husband spent almost the whole day staring at her sister.’ They both grinned. I was. "Ok."he said."Do you think we could shower together?" I persued him," so we can save some water." Sure if it will save some water." replied Blake. So we went into the bathroom and started to take off our clothes. We were both still wearing our gym clothes. I started to take off my smelly gym shirt as did Blake. Then we both took off our gym shirts to reveal our athletic chest. Blake was still in his Blue boxer briefs, and I was still in my Whity tighties. Now we were only in our socks and. This keen sense of awareness served Alex well today and throughout the process of setting this up. After all, these two people weren't just picked out of a hat. He'd treated each as he did any of his potential investments. He did his research. He delved deep into their respective histories. He knew their backgrounds, he knew their personalities, and most importantly he knew what strings to pull in order to manipulate them. Over the last few weeks, he'd seen through the young man's efforts to. And if we're fairly close to each other and he looks me in the eyes, I do know when he's telling the truth. I can feel it."I'm just feeling ... I don't know, maybe like I'm not in charge of my destiny any longer. But I know that you two had a major part in my survival. I'm not alive just because of a good surgeon. One or both of you were with me the whole time, working on me, and I know that doctor took your suggestions more than once. Yeah, and I guess my ego got swatted a bit — well, maybe.