She may have left things for me, but that doesn’t make up for her absence.”Mom smiled at that and patted my hand. “So, where are your bags? How ...ong are you staying?”I gave her a not-so-funny grin. “Well, my bags. They, um, they’re gone.”“Airlines lose em?” Alyssa asked.I shook my head. “No, there was a fire in my apartment. I lost everything.”Both women flashed wide eyes. “What?” Mom asked. “When?” Alyssa asked.I nodded. “A fire, this morning. I have no idea how it started, but by the time. Cindy said, “I have to tell you how you have changed my life for the better – and Cork, too. We were both struggling how to find a path to some unconventional lifestyle, and we didn’t even know what it was we were looking for. All that was up until Monday night when you talked about your lifestyle. We are both ecstatic. Thank you. When we can we want to visit you and see it first hand. In the meanwhile, your descriptions were very helpful to us.”I asked, “Cork wasn’t upset when I smeared my cum. "Sounds like you really stepped in it this time," he said. "Know what I'd do now? I'd call Pete Davis and see what's going on from his end."Pete Davis was a cop. A pretty cool one, who would at least listen to me before doing anything dumb... I dug out my cell phone and dialed Pete's number.Damian went inside to get a couple of tall glasses of iced tea. He didn't drink alcohol, but he always had plenty of tea... Mike answered the phone. "Sergeant Davis." Hey Pete. How's it hanging?" "Call me. I used some of my furniture to replace worn out items in the house, and my dad came over to help repair things that had been let go. Carl said that he knew at least one other vet who needed a place to stay and we all decided that that would be it, no more roommates.Carl had been in first Cavalry, Air Mobile, and had been US, a draftee. What I hadn't noticed at first meeting him was that a grenade had taken off his left leg below the knee. I had put the tourniquet on him that saved his life. The.