I’ll go say goodbye to her now. Wish me luck, son!” And I did, waving as he disappeared around the corner. I strolled to the kitchen, seeing a big...pizza box on the counter, so I grabbed two beers from the fridge, placed them on the box, and carried them through to the lounge. I heard a “Bye, sweetie!” and a closing door before Trish reappeared. I handed her the remote and told her she could choose the movie, so she flicked through the channels until she landed on a movie that was known for. While standing under the hot water and washing off the funk, Jay leaned close to me.“Mick, don’t freak out or anything, but how come you don’t have a wife or a girlfriend?” Jay asked carefully. “I mean, I ain’t gay or nothing, but with a dick that size you should have them crawling all over you.”“Who says I don’t have a girlfriend?” I replied.“Mick, come on, I have never seen you with a female that wasn’t a gym member or in one of the classes. And then it’s only to help them with a yoga pose or. Gus looked a little pale, otherwise he looked just fine. "So here you are, I have been looking all over hell for you. Are you hiding from me?" I was grinning from just seeing him look as good as he did. Chris had me worried, but Gus looked just fine to me."Yeah, a man just can't get any peace at all around you. I'm old, I just can't keep up." Yeah, I heard I gave you a heart attack." I tried not to show how relieved I was."Not quite a heart attack, just a little scare." So did they turn the. But for them and even me it was important that we all participated in something beyond just promising not to tell. A blood brother ceremony resonates with young guys.”“All of a sudden you are part of a very special and secret group. Revealing the secrets of the group is unthinkable because if you did, you would be shunned and no longer accepted as part of the group. You also would highly resent new people joining the group. Groups like this are usually formed around an incident or friendships.