” And then Mike made an amazing admission to me, something which, as I mentioned earlier, that I thought that he would ultimately have to admit to h...mself. “You know, Sebastian, that I told you my wife had divorced me because of what I euphemistically described as my ‘extracurricular activities’. Well, since I started practising these ‘activities’ with you, you have brought home to me something which I should have admitted to myself ages ago, which is that I finally realised that I preferred. When Tom shut down the engines and opened the door, the air had a clean smell to it as if it had recently rained. The maintenance people followed a security detail to the tarmac. They looked for fuel and electrical receptacles. They finally found them in the corner of this area, almost as if it was a reserved area for VIPs. Helen had found a tug and was lining up with the nose wheel. When they were connected, the crew chief guided her to put the aircraft where it would be in easy reach of both. I offered to carry him upstairs if he wanted to join me in bed, but he declined. He would like a bit more food, if I'd be so good—still that almost formalized courtesy—and I obliged, refreshed his water again and rinsed out the shot glass before I put everything down for him. I made sure the door was cracked so he could come and go as he pleased for potty needs, and took myself to bed.Sometime in the night he apparently made his own way up the stairs, because he was curled up on my bed, his. Shaking her head, she responded, ‘It’s not a dog signal, just light communication. You can’t always talk someone down, and sometimes actions count for more than words.’ Wisdom, he decided. *** Jen had arranged for Greg and Amy to come to their tent on Saturday night, and while he expected the man to be about as comfortable with the situation as Jahn was, he did come, following his bright-eyed girlfriend’s lead in silence. The pavilion tent, meant to house Jahn and his two fiancées, was more.