Tessa smiled and nodded her chin aside. “A little help?” she asked.He blinked twice then stood up quickly, almost dropping the book in his hands. ...��Sure.You want me to put those books back for you?” he asked eagerly.Tessa shook her head. “No, but would you mind holding the ladder steady, please?”“Oh. Sure,” he said. He rubbed his hands on his pants then took hold of the side of the ladder.She took a step towards the ladder then paused and regarded the young man over the top of her glasses. “My. My baby's going to be all right. I can stop worrying about him. He'll finish college; he has a career, and... no, I don't know if that... that woman is good for him, not yet, but I will. Oh, I hope she loves him, hope she'll nurture and support him. He deserves the best.I had Mom wrapped in a bear hug when Nicole stepped into the room and announced dinner was ready. She wore an apron and a wide smile."You baked the dinner rolls from scratch?" Mom asked Nicole, surprise evident in her. "Alyssa shrugged. "Alright bro, but let me know if you need someone to talk to."She turned walking down the hallway sashaying her beautiful little hips. Zack licked his lips wanting to put his hands all over her. Ok stop it you pervert! He said to himself.Zack never came downstairs and Alyssa was worried for her little bro. She went upstairs to take him a dinner plate since she knew he hadn't eaten. She knocked on his door and he didn't seem to answer. She knew he wanted to be alone so she went. And there it was, shrunken and forgotten, a little piece of flesh in atube. He flicked the lock.The No. 1 thing we all need, even more than food, even more than air, ishope. But without a key, there is no hope for a cock-cage wearer. Youthink about going to the doctor, and this is on your dick. You thinkabout calling a locksmith, and the shark cage is on your pecker. You arepart sissy, part machine, part Borg."I wonder how long a guy can live while shackled," he said."We might as well have made.