’ ‘My apartment is trashed. Take me to your place.’ I countered. I hadn’t expected drinks to turn into dinner, and dinner to turn into more dr...inks. It was as much the conversation about time and space, intertwined with the discussion about the illusion of reality, and my suspicion that there was hidden depth beneath his quiet exterior, as it was the strong deliberate kiss that was swaying me to relent. ‘Mine is worse than yours.’ He replied, after turning up the heat on his kiss. ‘No one has. ”“And you wear yours hidden, Dai Prince. I am here on my own free choice and I too will repeat what must have been told to you before. We are not a religion and we do not serve a god.”“Yes this has been mentioned, but it all has the trappings of an organized religion. With temple-like buildings, codified behavior and countless symbolic trappings like your robes and the rituals required to access this place.”“Your observations and conclusions are not without truth. They ring with the learned. He never met anyone like her. Life was so morose when the love of your life had no desire for you. He was a prince among men. What was lacking in him so much that she turned him away? There were unanswered questions that lurked in his mind everyday at night. Perhaps now that she was under his supervision, he could gain some insight and maybe some pleasure too he thought wryly. That night Arista was taken to Dimitri’s chamber and rushed about to get into the tub and encouraged to wear something. We laid there talking for close to two hours before we fell asleep. From that moment on life with Kate was wonderful. I think that night we became a family. Even Jennifer asked what was going on with the two of us because she had noticed the change in us. That year Jennifer’s team won the state championship with a record of 33-2. Jen was named an All-State ***********ion and the best pitcher in the state as well. We started getting calls from college scouts and some started showing up on the.