Her parents weredivorcing. When asked why, Rosie stood up abruptly, her expressionchanged. "All men are brutes!" she exclaimed. Waiting for her tradit...ionalcoda, "Not you Unky," I was disappointed. She looked straight at me,hard, and repeated herself. "All men are brutes. But they can be tamed."The years went by. I sold my accountancy business, and looked forward toa cosy, conventional if rather unexciting retirement. Rosie became asuccessful lawyer, constantly in the press for a number of high. Chris would be along later, when he got off of work. I had been working on the landscaping and knew that I needed to get in and shower and take care of my other "hygiene" before Chris arrived and we started grilling some stakes. (I like to be really clean inside and out before lovemaking.) One of the changes we made to the house plans was a huge master suite with a custom shower large enough for 4 (or more) people. We had also put in 2 rain heads overhead and 2 multi-spray position heads on. You’re practically undercover already: just a young college kid who’s got a broken arm or whatever. We’ve got a bunch of air casts in the prop trunk. One of us agents can be your dad or uncle or whatever. No cracks about how we look in cargo shorts and crocs. We know.”“Uh…” I began. “I think… I just need to be close enough, really. I’ve been learning how to scan for powered people from James, so I don’t need to be close enough to ‘smell’ him if I already know I’m supposed to be looking for. Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?'He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.''I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of.