It was odd, he’d failed before… two failed marriages, before that several colleges had asked him to leave, but this, this was different, this one ...urt, burrowed into his soul. ‘…do now?’ He stopped walking, turned his head and stared blankly. His secretary looked at him, waiting. ‘Excuse me, did you say something?’ In the instant before her response he saw her, not just her face, her eyes, her hair, he saw her and recalled. Her first day, the way that dark curl fell teasingly onto her forehead,. "Here Tommy, look at this" he beckoned me behind the counter and pulled open a little drawer, "This is dad's idea, I 'spose he told you about it"The drawer was actually a till with quite a bit of money in it,"This is all the money from your vegetables and of course you know that ten per cent of it's yours don't you?"I looked blankly at him and his jaw dropped,"He hasn't told you?" Told me what?" Oh shit!" I think you'd better tell me about it Joe, don't you?" Bloody hell Tommy, the old man will. “What did he think of it?” I asked.“He thought it was wonderful and he wished the best for Steve and me,” Kim replied.“If that is what you want to do Kim,” I replied as we hugged.The next few weeks went by like a speeding train. Kim moved out leaving me alone but at the same time removing some stress from my heart. John and his team won their next three games. The college was 4-0 and the whole town was a buzz with football. John was still making appearances around town.I would tag along and for. .. I’m fucking you! You used to be the stuff of wet dreams when I was a teenage boy, you know!” I confessed now, quite pleased to get to screw my former babysitter and future sister-in-law, Stephanie Collins.“Yeah, well, I wanted you for a while, too, lover,” my girlfriend, Stacey, admitted as she held onto my hips and kissed my back and shoulders.“Have you now? As you can see, I’ve wanted both of you for a good while as well. And your Aunt Luna. Among others. I was just held back by the whole.