Stepping forward Michael reached out his hand towards Ian. The older man seemed so familiar, the thought nagged at the back of Michael's head as Ian r...garded him for a moment before offering his own hand.Their hands met and the moment seemed to freeze, both men regarding the other, taking in the contact of their palms.This was not a macho show of who blinks first. It was a meeting of equals, beings of the same heritage that even if they were strangers before, it would never be the case. ’ ‘I understand. Take this as a precursor to what could be, when and if, scrub the ‘and if’, you decide that you want this, want me.’ She kissed me again, just to let me know that she was serious, and got off me, and the bed. ‘I need to do some shopping, there’s no food in this place.’ ‘I tell you what, we’ll go to the shopping centre and hit the supermarket and any other food place we can find, and while we’re there you can take me to a fancy restaurant for lunch. How does that sound?’ ‘Very. The one that ****d on the bed. I was notsurprised to see he still had a cigar in his mouth.I took a deep breath. "Might I ask as to where we are going?"The driver looked back at me through the rear view mirror. "You might askif you wanna get bitch slapped! That's all!"Chuma turned around and gave me that mean look. "Keep your mouth shut!Unless you got a dick in it!"I could see this was going to be a horrible night.We wound through some streets down town before we turned into a ally wayand. Yes. She was only 17 but I had made my choice and so had she, though hers was made at age 8, that first night she held my hand in the kitchen in front of her mother."I knew right then that I had a problem," Tara said wryly, looking at both of us.Dee looked over at her questioningly."Honey. I've never regretted your love for Tom. I love him very much, but not the same way you do. You two have a devoted love that I'm not sure I'm capable of after your father." I don't think I'd say that Tara, you.