‘Hello? Hello?’ ‘Hi. Bro?’ ‘Ernie?’ If the caller is indeed his younger brother, the news cannot be good. Dad has been very ill. Ernie kno...s Jeff sleeps days and would never wake him unless it were important. ‘Listen , Jeff, Dad’s real sick! I talked to the doctor and he ain’t gonna make it long. If you want to see him one more time, you’d better move up your flight and get out here right away.’ (Jeff has already purchased tickets to visit mom and dad in about four weeks time, now useless.). I love him.I got Duke when I got my own place after college. There are plenty of loons out there and I wanted the intimidation aspect on my side, which is why I got a large, swift dog. I live alone with Duke in a house that's kind of set back from the road, and there's only one road.I like the peace and quiet that you just can't get in the city, and this house and land was very reasonably priced. It's nothing much really, but it's homely. It's about two acres of clear land and another three of. My lungs weren’t hurting particularly. I knew what had happened. I was dead. The murk was just the mess I’d made of my life. Maybe I would have eternity to clear it up. For some reason I remembered just when I’d lost Hope.My mid-life crisis hit the day I realized thirty-three was half-way through my life expectancy. Of course, technically, having already survived Viet Nam, I should have had a much longer life expectancy than the sixty-six that was estimated in 1982, but apparently I had. He massages my tongue with his as he runs his hands down my back. He slowly starts to lay me down on the couch with him to follow not breaking our kiss. I wrap my arms around his back wanting to pull him closer to me. He starts to massage my right breast with his had on the outside of my halter. I moan softly to his touch and I kiss him even deeper. His other hand is on the back of my head massaging me gently. He breaks our kiss and he takes his lips to my neck and starts to kiss once spot.