I knew I could trustDavid, he had proved his tolerance towards my transvestism since juniorschool. The least I could do was help Emily and him with th... weddingcosts. We bid each other goodnight and made our separate ways to ourwives.The following month Jack and I made our way to Mid Western America.After studying the deal we bought in and debated the best way to goabout things. Finally we decided that I should stay in the US, fora few years whilst Jack ran things from the UK. It involved a. Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a c***d and then, by his absence, left the c***d fatherless and then Godless.The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.There are many ways to be free. One of them is. “Yeah sure why not” I repliedI followed John down the hallway and into his kitchen that was off to the left.“Make yourself comfortable Dave” John said as he motioned me towards the living room that was just off the kitchen. I made my way towards the living room and sat myself down on his leather couch. The room was big and was newly decorated with a massive flat screen TV in one corner of the room near one of the windows overlooking the river.John appeared a minute or so later with 2 beers in. I felt the groundshould feel different or the sky should be another color. But it wasn'tanother planet, it was another country and the difference was in thesounds, the constant Asian faces, the strange Taxis and the concessionmachines that sold beer.Paul cut through the alleys and narrow streets like a guide on a Safari.The streets were crowded with men in business suits, Women in skirts andheels, Girls in school uniforms, and sailors on the prowl. It felt weirdto count myself in that number..