”“OK. I understand. You want me there so the other women can hit on me and have affairs with me. Got it!”“You are going to looks so funny peei...g through a tube when I cut off your dick.”“Maybe I’ll stay home.”“No, maybe you’ll accompany me. And make me proud. And make them jealous. And come home and screw my brains out.”I whined, “Do I have too?” She always loved it when I did that.Jamie kissed me and I got out of my comfy chair and followed her to our bedroom to get dressed for the. Seven billion was an abstract number. A figure too large for any human to truly grasp. It was why it could be hard to care about something terrible happening in another land. You didn't know those people. You wanted them to be safe and happy, but you had your own friend and family who were suffering. Whom you could help.I didn't want a world without Linda. Even the old Linda. The one who was hiding her affair. The one who was miserable because she was so twisted by guilt and shame for her. "The guys runningit should all be strung up by their balls."Short where Beau was tall, Jerry was originally from New York anddespite having moved to the West Coast in the mid-eighties his accentand his attitude were as strong as ever. You could take the boy out ofBrooklyn, but you couldn't take Brooklyn out of the boy."We had a celebrity sighting of sorts," said Beau, as they joined usat the table."'Of sorts'?" queried Miguel."Private Caine Corporation jet on the asphalt," said Jerry.. Mark left without saying anything. He was getting jealous of my job. It was getting evident that he couldn't take my success.I had started as an intern at a no name design studio and worked myself up to be the head of one of the leading modeling agencies on the east coast. I managed most of the models for many of the largest cities. On the other hand, Mark was still trying to make partner at his law firm.I left a nasty note on the dinner table then left the house. Traffic was the same; I saw.