‘I love you so much, Jude, more than I ever thought I would love anyone.’ ‘I love you too, Angel, I love you more each day. When I think I could...’t possibly love you more, I’ll see you, or hear your voice, and I’ll find that I was wrong. My love for you grows each and every day.’ Taking his hand, I lead him from the table. We slowly walk to the pile of covers and pillows I laid out in front of the fire. I sit down and tug on his hand for him to follow, our bodies aglow from the light of the. Both Catand I looked at each other, our hearts beating a bitfaster, the beginnings of arousal gently swept throughus. We moved more quickly now that we were out of sight, andfound one of our familiar, and somewhat secret, spots.The undergrowth here was lush with large ferns and ablanket of low, soft, bright green Spring Grass, whichwould become our bed. Shafts of light were beginning tobreak through the fog-wrapped forest. With the maturepines and cypress it had the feel of a primeval. And, within the firm, I was a rising star. My client account analysis and recommendations to my Account Manager were always spot on, which allows him to focus more on the client’s needs and struggles. Even I believed my life should have been really good. Until there was another spiral.My spirals? Guys. Always guys. Since high school, it has been guys. There was always something about myself that I never understood or maybe accepted. But, so many relationships ended in that downward spiral. I. I only had one response to that. “Let the chips fall where they may; life goes on,” I said.What should have been a quiet supper was not. Moms, Dads, Jake, Mindy and a host of friends came to see the little one. We were proud as peacocks; Ching Lee was on cloud nine beaming so it was not a bother. Amazingly he slept through most of it, except when he was hungry. Like most men he had no trouble making the latch. Ching Lee had decided she was going to breast feed as long as Takeo wanted.At 2000.