He said he really didn’t know why he had, some months before he’d been in a pub with some friends and as happens when men get together over a few ...rinks, the conversation had sooner or later got around to the subject of sex and one of them had gone on and on about the fantastic sex he’d had with this girl. Only admitting under a bit of pressure that she was an escort, that he’d paid for it, then, having got that off his chest, proudly passing my phone number around to all his friends. As I’ve. Wesley was left in the total darkness with a myriad of colors burned on his retinas by the blinding flash. He had never realized that there were so many colors inherent in darkness. They continued to move and play in his eyes. He could feel his eyelids open and close, but could see no difference in the darkness nor in the patterns of color that lit it.He continued to half stumble and half crawl toward the distant dais with one hand stretched in front of him to protect against running into one. Davis, who had just turned seven, had been a permanent knife in his elder brother’s side since the day of his birth. Dante was repulsed by his obnoxious middle brother and had tried everything in his power to reform the ‘soon to be hoodlum’ and make him more like himself. Of course it didn’t work, if anything it backfired and each year Davis grew more and more outrageous, to the point where Dante could barely stand to be in the same room with him. The reality was, Davis was charismatic and. We both stepped inside to mine making ourselves comfortable with our drinks on my settee sitting just far apart but close enough to touch knees as we spoke.I discovered that Liz was single and worked as a Fashion Buyer in town and had no real contacts here but moved in when she and her boyfriend split up four months ago. Liz also listened to my story as one drink became several and every now and then as we laughed, her hand would rest on my knee gently rubbing before moving it away. I didn't.