Or see if one of the girls wants to submit to slavery and save all that hassle. One of my buddies said goodbye to his son this morning. It was his son...��s idea.”When Bill put down the phone, he drew Sarah to him. She’d been listening to his call, off screen. “What are we gonna do, baby?” He asked.Learning to Lose“I don’t know hon. You’ll figure something out.” She replied.Sarah knew she was lying. Bill wasn’t a good figurer. Neither was she. A few minutes later, Bill told her he was going to the. Tonight's the night, Matt. Prove you're a man!"And with that Alexandra swept out of the apartment closing the door behind her.Again two pairs of eyes met briefly but the boy was human and his stare momentarily dropped to Catherine's naked body. She tried hard not to show her unease but despite herself she felt a deep embarrassment for standing nude in front of the boy."Uh, why don't I put on something a little more -- appropriate," she said trying to smile."If you like," he replied. "You're --. I'llpay you back," I demanded."Hey man, if you feel you have to..." "I do." Okay, your ticket is in the envelope, see you in a month. I gotta getgoing." All right. I'll get it," I assured him."Oh and Dude?" "Yeah?" Get some sleep! You sound like shit." With that he hung up the phone. I got up and hit the can and then walked to the table where I hadtossed my unread mail and sifted through the collection letters andpicked out Mark's letter. I hadn't noticed before but it was a littlethick and. ”They both nodded. Ok I thought. I sat down, slipped them off, looking around I think one guy saw but that was it, and I handed them to Jess. I took sip of drink to settle my nerves. “Right, go to the bar with Laura. When you come back you are to sit on the seat next to me. You’ll understand why when you come back.”We got a drink each and a shot of tequila. I don’t really drink and was worried the tequila would make me sick but I wanted to impress them. Back at the table Jess’ bag was on the.