Ok’, indignantly exclaimed Matt seeing that Jake’s mind went far away from him again, ‘ look, if you don’t feel like listening to me, I’ll s...ut up, just ask me…’ ‘No, no, fire away!’ encouraged him Jake trying his best in order not to give himself away. But that wasn’t the case! Matt, being fabulously observant, cracked the mystery. Suspicion snapping through his eyes, he swiveled around mumbling ‘What are you looking at? Oh! I’d better say whom are you looking at!?’ beamed he turning round. "You know, Michael, you've spent your whole life seeking approval from authority figures. Mostly you have succeeded, especially with the men who've had power over you: your father, your teachers, or some big wheel officer sending you into battle. But you've never felt that secure feeling of acceptance from the women in your life, have you? You fear their rejection and rather than risk it, you run away like a scared little boy. Isn't that right?" "Yes, Ma'am." It was the only answer I could. ”“Really?” the other girl said in a surprised voice.“What did he look like?” the girl who had been sitting asked eagerly.“God he was hot!” the counter girl replied, then sighed and looked around, “Wow I'm totally spaced out.”“Tamara! You're kidding!”“No I'm not,” Tamara replied.“Sonavabitch!” the other girl exclaimed and looked around at Wes.“Wow!” the other girl said.Wes was getting really turned on by what was happening to him, he had sat down but was having trouble concentrating on his. That's why I took it as my working name. When I'm Tess I'm a different person. I'm Laura when I'm with you."She lifted her head and looked at me. "Can you understand?" Yes, I understand," I nodded. "What happened to Karen? Did she get help?" I don't know," Laura answered a far off look on her face. It was then that I understood that she had only told me enough to make me understand that Tess was a different person, off limits to me. I dropped the subject.We had a late supper and talked about.