It’s inevitable. Even if you do everything exactly right, you can’t control how other people react. You can’t control their feelings. All you ca... do is be true to yourself and not mislead anyone. If you think you can manage your whole life without other people suffering emotional pain, you’re kidding yourself. Look at you. You’re tearing yourself up. Do you think you can take all the emotional burden on yourself to spare other people?”“I’d rather me be hurt than them.”“It doesn’t work that way.. "Ooh! Ooh!" she squeaked. "I'm sowwy."Tom lay back pulling her up with him. "Show me," he ordered.She very, very gently kissed his lips. "I love you, my Tom-Tom," she said softly. "Very, very much." Her hands went to hold his head and she kissed him passionately before sliding down his body and laying her head on his chest. His arms went round her."You're going to get cold," he said.She wriggled down, retrieved the duvet and resumed her position. "Not now I'm not."And that was how they fell. She had got my number from the birthday boy and, if I didn’t mind, could we meet for coffee. She told me she had a favour to ask about her computer. We met, had a nice chat and discussed her computer problem. She had recently changed broadband suppliers and was having trouble moving everything across. No problem I said, I can fix it any time.We agreed the following day and so there I was, at her dining table, working on her pc, she sitting beside me, taking notes and getting familiar with the. I guess it's time I said something about myself. I'm five-six. I used to be five-seven, but somewhere along the way I lost an inch and I don't know why. I weigh in at about 160, and most of that is steel hard muscle. My feet have slowed some over the years, okay a lot; but not my hands. Just two things are faster than my hands, one of them is light the other scientists haven't come up with a name for yet. As for my face, well it's kind of messed up, but Carol always said I looked rugged; Till.