The place was familiar and oddly comforting. She wasn’t sure if Ben would be home, but he was. ‘Heidi,’ he greeted, seemingly happy to see her....‘What a surprise.’ ‘Well, I was in the neighborhood,’ Heidi gave the age old excuse. ‘I’m glad you’re here,’ Ben said warmly, ‘Come in.’ He stepped back and gave her room to come into his apartment. ‘How are things with you?’ he asked when Heidi sat down on his couch. It was so familiar, the only thing missing was Fitzroy playing under Ben’s coffee. From the start it was obvious he knew as they did why he was there and over a lovely meal he allowed them to explain all that had gone on since last they had met. The final incident with Sammy proving the straw on the camel`s back and eliciting sympathetic noises as she explained it to him with tears in her eyes of the pain caused.He gently asked “So what do you want now then?It was Barry that explained they needed someone they could trust, someone discrete, someone with as much to lose as. I had cooked 3 vegetables and puris and we had sweets from the markets. We ate in a single plate. At times, he fed me with his hand sometimes teasing me or putting some on my lips and then cleaning and taking turns, I fed him as well. Then we went on the terrace where some of the neighbors gave us the “Here comes the Gay boys look” though some were really good friends with me so we had a nice time lighting some firecrackers with them. We came back in the apartment and I knew it was finally the. It was damn near a crime how I use to treat her. A crime with respect for her wishes. Let me explain. One time I'm minding my business listening to my music of course, cleaning the back steps when S walks pass me up the steps. She's wearing a little jean skirt, cute blouse and calf high leather boots. She tried to walk cautiously pass when I grabbed her wrist. She muttered something of course I have no idea what it was but I pushed her down by her lower back. She had on this.