” As a senior engineer my job took me all over the world. I’d had my share of relationships and live-in lovers but inevitably they all ended the s...me way with each of them stating they were unable to cope with the long absences and wanting “more of a commitment”. I wasn’t particularly bothered about it because, like Gilly, I had yet to find someone that checked all the boxes. “David, you’re thirty seven and you’re not getting any younger, “said Channy. “What about family?” “You’re my family!. We were thinking about her." God, were we ever. We were thinking of nothing but Cindy the whole evening. But of course I couldn't say that to Nancy.I started working on my problem again on the way to work. The catch with any of the things I had thought of earlier was that they wouldn't solve the problem, only delay it. The four of us had made a solemn vow that we would each go through with our part of the bargain. If I didn't come through next week, they would insist on a make-up session four. I enjoyed getting outside and walking. During this period, I felt a real change in my personality. I started to feel more emotional than ever before. If I didn't know better, I would say that my brain was also becoming more feminine. The dumbest stuff would make me laugh or start crying. During this time, I started to become more dependent on my friends and especially Michael. Home life became a daily evasion of my mother's growing curiosity. I knew she suspected something was happening, but. For the first three months after the weekly call there was one number contacted, Albert Ryan in Auburn. When the calls became more frequent there was two numbers, Ryan and a Nolan Casey in Fort Lewis. When they became daily there were four numbers called, the first two as well as Beverly Hammond in Snohomish and the Pusan Industrial Corp. They were taken in turn. Every fourth day the number was called.Again I plugged into my Deck and rode the Matrix lines to the LTG terminal contacted. In three.