Carrying the rod over the crystal bridge was the sort of mistake one was only supposed to make once. "... safe."I followed her onto the bridge. Please... that I could be the tourist without having to playact for once, I examined the fine structure of the bridge; I could see that Richard had been playing again. The entire structure was constructed of thin filaments of diamond arranged as endlessly tessellated tetrahedra, had this been a real bridge, for all it's delicate, filigree nature, it would. I am looking at it now, remembering him, remembering thisyoung him and his older self.Of course, he was older than me, so I had nohope of showing him off to my friends as a boyfriend. He ignored me mostly,except when he invited me to his house to watch TV or play or talk.The game started without me noticing. It's hardto remember exactly how or when we started doing that. My memory plays tricks.I think it must have started something like this ─ one day when hismother was out.'Why don't we play. Cory knew it and he knew it well. He could feel it in the marrow of his bones, in the last thread of self-preservation and common sense telling him to stop thinking about the man. But Lucas wanted him, too, and that made his dreams even more painful. Between them stood Xavier, never satisfied, always wanting and demanding more. Cory envied his master. He had Lucas’s friendship and he didn’t care for it. The servant could not understand the rich. Xavier was nothing but a spoiled brat, forever. Lastly your savings account with a balance of $8,000 dollars will go to Carlie. She will withdraw the money from the account tomorrow. You have a 401k that has over $80,000 dollars in it. Carlie's has one with $15,000. in it. You will both be able to keep your own 401k's." If you agree to these terms You will have to sign the decree tonight. It is irrevocable. Neither of you will be able to make any changes after it is signed. Carlie has already signed it. Just sign it on the line that says.