"Cool," he sent, and then before I could reply, "You some kinda Richie Rich?" Not growing up so much, but I am now," I answered."Cool," he sent. I won...ered if that information was going to make him think I wasn't interested in maintaining the friendship that had been developing."I'm thinking of adding more computers to the house so I don't have to keep remembering to take the laptop with me when I go to the bathroom." The house networked?" he asked."Yup, supposed to be good stuff from my cable. I want to have a child. I can't worry about you impregnating the world." I whispered to him harshly as we exited the store."I know. I wish... It wasn't like that." Wishes don't break habits. If it was just about me, it'd be one thing, but, why is it every single pretty woman you see?" I ask, my face getting pale."I don't know," Mark said sullenly as unloaded the cart and loaded up the van."Mark, we've done therapy, we've gone to a doctor, I've read books. I understand, but please, please just. Her father was not really a fisherman who made his living by going out on the waves and searching for all sorts of sea food to fill the bellies of the landlubbers who never left the safety of the harbor. His sea-faring days were over when he was discharged from his duties on a ship of the line. All he had to show for a decade of service was two coins and a piece of paper that commended him on not getting into too much trouble whilst in service.Nate Malone never was a handsome man and now he was. I decided to call her, though I knew we couldn’t talk long.“You aren’t alone,” she said. “You have friends there, right? Get help from them. What about the girl you were seeing?”“Pia? She’s in another city three hours away by train. I can’t see her for a couple of weeks.”“Is there someone there in Gothenburg?”“I think the girls are too young and inexperienced. There’s my host sister, but she’s only just become cordial with me.”“I love you, but you need someone to support you. Find someone, OK?.