Michele shuddered. He pulled his belt out of all of his belt loops one at a time and folded the strap in half slowly. The belt was made of black leath...r and he held it by the buckle end in a tightly clenched right fist.Bernard had his long strong fingers wrapped around the leather so fiercely that all of his knuckles turned white. He clenched his back teeth together so firmly that his jaw ached and the muscles at the sides of his ruggedly handsome face protruded. Bernard cupped his left palm. In spite of her half-hearted protests, she’d join him in the shower every time. Sometimes he would be too tired to do much besides wash. Other times, they’d merely tease each other and then race stark naked across her apartment to the bed. Still other times, they would make love under the hot spray of water and Max would cradle Mary close as he carried her to bed. Those were Max’s favorite days. It was one of those days when Mary commented on the amount of time he was spending at her place. ‘I. He had clerked for a Supreme Court Justice for his articling year. Ben was a thinker and philosopher and applied that to his cases in tandem with the good sense learned in his life. His ability to take a legal problem apart seemed to be rooted as much in the tradition of Talmudic scholars as legal giants of Canadian and other jurisprudence. He was tall, with salt and pepper hair and blue eyes that danced with insight and humour. Ben looked up from his desk over his half glasses and said, “What. I’m so fucking bent right now that I watched Austin Powers and nearly tore up when Ananda’s favorite part, where Austin is embarrassed about his dental hygiene, came on. She would make me rewind the DVD while she laughed until her eyes watered. David: There’s a part of me that’s missing. I have to admit it and live with the ramifications of my actions. ‘I’m doing this for us.’ Not even my reflection believes me though it’s the truth. I shave and take a blistering shower. It’s the only thing.