Enter Charles Howard, a master manipulator from Missouri, who was motivated by greed and a yen for political power. Howard teamed up with one of the f...rmer members of the Salt Ring, a prominent Mexican named Louis Cardis, who controlled the Mexican-American vote in El Paso County. By 1872, Howard was the District Attorney, by ‘74, he was District Judge, and Cardis was elected to the State House of Representatives. Jealous of each other’s political power, Howard and Cardis became bitter enemies. We were afamily.Becky Harrison, a power forward from Dayton, was friendly toward me. Ididn't know if she was gay or straight, but she needed help with hercalculus, so I volunteered to tutor. She joked and laughed, and for thefirst time since Jessi, I felt I had found a friend."You have pretty hair," she said to me one night. "Do you ever doanything with it?" Me? No. Just a pony tail."She dragged her fingers through it. "You should layer it," she said."Maybe some highlights. You'd be very. "No! uhh no, not at the moment." Jim cursed silently I should have said yes, now Paul would be after me. Jim recognized the look on Paul's face, the predatory look, he'd had it often enough when after a pretty girl.On the doorstep Paul suddenly turned around and kissed Jim on the lips. Jim was taken totally surprise as Paul held him in a strong embrace. Jim opened his mouth to protest, but realised his mistake when he felt Pauls tounge in his mouth. Part of Jim wanted to thrust him away, but. " I added a few nude pics of myself and waited. I guess I need to tell you that I'd made a few dates with a few like minded guys before this, but they always stood me up. These were one at a time dates and they just never came together. This time with a proper ad I was broadcasting to as many people as would read it.Well at around 6:30 I got my first email from a guy with a nice pic and stats. He said he could be there around 9. After a few more emails, I sent him my room number and continued.