She confided in me that after she and Dadseparated that she was concerned about how I was developing - doingpoorly in school, hanging around with a bu...ch of boys that were gettingin trouble and things like that. She eventually confided in a friend whois a doctor and he just told her that behavior like that can be aconsequence of the beginning of puberty for some boys. She asked him ifanything could be done and he said that sometimes slowing the process ofpuberty through hormone balance. 'That's one for the books, ' she thought, 'a Swiss businessman asking a woman to take an interest. I know it's not that unusual, and I'm flattered, I guess.' She looked across the esplanade at the Jet d'Eau that rises 50 meters into the sky from Lake Leman. 'Or, maybe I will be when I figure all this out.'At the hotel, they went into the bar, again conveniently deserted. Johannes lagged behind briefly to speak with the Maître, then came and settled into an armchair."I've ordered some champagne.. She sharpened the knives she'd be using if he did bring home a wild pig. She dug in the supplies for the rope she knew he'd need to hang the meat from a tree. She moved around the camp restlessly, really having nothing to do at all but wait. She did check the first aid kit again."Frigging men," she said to the silent camp.How long in history did women sit around waiting for men to come back, just as she was? Looking towards the sky, she realized there was lots of time before dark. Screw it.. From the very start, Aggie had ideas about how to run the connubial home that conflicted with Alex's. And, as a habitually single man, Alex wasn't used to having to compromise."The way we first met each other is shit. Absolute shit," Aggie said. "On-line sex is shit." But it is how we met," Alex countered."That's because it's almost the only way anyone gets to meet anyone these days," Agnieszka admitted. "No one lives where they were born or went to school any more. Somehow you have to make new.