And I didn’t run, I politely excused myself.”The group continued to laugh. Rachel watching her beloved man enjoy their playful ribbing and joking....The mock pout reminded her how lucky she truly was. She wondered sometimes, how did she ever get so lucky?Sam approached, “Baby are you ready? We’ve to go.”“Hey your apartment is across ours, we’ll see you again tomorrow,” his best friend waved his hand as Sam and Rachel disappeared behind the roof door.“I’m sorry you waited for me, must’ve been. But, I did...I mean, we...I mean...you know...Caci.”“What?”“Yuri, there was no other way.”“You had me fuck my son’s mouth?” His head dropped. After staring at the floor for a half-minute, he lifted his gaze and looked directly into his brothers eyes.“Don’t be mad, Yuri. Look around you. Your whole family is safe and you never have to face that trial in Kassan. I did what I had to do for your family.”There were several seconds of silence before Yuri replied, “Yeah. I know.”“What?”“I caught on. Mrs Ryan also gave him a pair of socks to put on his dirty feet. She then gathered up all the discarded clothes and put them in a closet. A short while afterwards a car could be heard stopping outside the cottage. Eileen Ryan let the doctor in and showed him up to the bedroom."This is Billy, my nephew, on my late-husband's side, and the young lady is his girlfriend, Karen. They have been staying with me and this morning Karen didn't come down to breakfast: we thought she was just having a lie. He shook my hand and said, "Thanks for inviting me last night. I had a hell of a time."The hostess came up and greeted us. We requested a patio table near the pool. The waitress was at the table when we were seated. After we ordered breakfast, coffee and OJ, she left us.I started, "Michael, I know you don't know me from Adam, but I need to ask you if you trust me?" I have a pretty good feel for people and at this moment I do trust you. I may get proven wrong and it has happened before. What's.