’ ‘How remarkable, so had your father’s appointment been for a further year you would have been born a Kiwi?’ ‘Excuse me?’ ‘Born a New ...ealander – we call ourselves Kiwis after the name of our unique native bird.’ ‘Oh, really? Well, I guess instead I became a Bald Eagle?’ They both laughed, and the warmth of Merrick’s laughter and the openness of his face – as Kirsty would tell him later – was the reason why as they came out of the Frick Mansion on East 70th Street, that she hailed a taxi. The. *My one link to normality was that I knew Riley.We had grown up together, our families went on holiday together. TheParkers and the Robsons were inseparable. "I wonder if they wife swap"Riley would often tease, both of us grossed out and laughinghysterically. We would spend whole Sundays at each other's houses. Rileyand I were actually pretty close, and she seemed to genuinely like me.But not at school, she knew my association was social suicide, and Ididn't blame her for that. Not one bit.We. I had lost consciousness and was smelling his breath when he was in front of me. I thought he is about to kiss me, so i leaned in and initiated the kiss but instead he held my crotch and zipped my jeans. I went back and apologized for the kiss. He winked and said that he enjoyed it. I couldnt understand what he was saying but the next thing i remember is that we kissing each other for a pretty long time.Both of us had a pretty big erection but i dint want to get further since our friends could. Ah ... excuse me, this is Talon. Remember me?" A pause ... Jake laughed and spoke, "I thought you would. Listen ... we have a problem." Slight pause and Jake continued, "You and I have always had peace between us ... correct?" Another pause. "I know I did and you can stop thanking me. The reason I ask if we are still cool is because one of your punks named Carlos and some of his punk fuck buddies just tried to rape my daughter." This time the pause was much longer. Finally, Jake interrupted....