A wall of love. The stones in the wall were strong, but what was even more essential—the mortar that held them together—was trust.Behind the wall ...lurked demons. Barbarians. They had tribes: jealousy, suspicion, fear, insecurity. They'd harried him mercilessly as a teenager; less so in his college years; yet strongly again when he first started dating Jennifer. Happily, as their love grew, so grew the wall. Eventually, the barbarians were shut out.Shut out. Forgotten. But not destroyed; no. In. Ungal thudaiyil yaravathu thudaiyaal urasinaal moodu aagamal iruka mudiyuma. Tv paarthu mudithu vitu aunty en padukaiyil vanthu paduthukol ac irukum endru solinaargal. Vendam endru epadi sola mudiyum sari aunty endru soli vitu padukai araiyil aunty udan paduthu uranga aarambithen.Aunty pant kayativitu en magan lungi katikopa endru solinaargal.Sari aunty kodungal endru lungi katinen, thungum pozhuthu jatti pottu kondu padukathe freeya padu aunty irukiren endru vetkap padathe endru solinaal.. Nothing much happened, the jukebox kicked in then about 9:30 a young black man walked in and looked the crowd over. I looked back, he walked over to the stool to the right of me and asked: “Is this seat taken?”“Nope,” I replied, “help yourself.”He ordered a beer, same local stuff as I was drinking, and then introduced himself. Responding we exchanged first names. He went on to explain he was a grad student at the university and had taught a class that evening. While not as old as I he did. “Oh, babe I would give you the night of your life, you have no idea” I said as a joke.“Well you had your once in a life time opportunity”.It was my turn and it landed on Sara, who also chose truth.“How many guys have you had sex with?”.“Just the one, and I’m honestly fine with that”.“And that’s all that matters” I said supporting her. She smiled. “Thanks, sometimes I get conscious of it because maybe I haven’t explored enough, and I want to, but not with random guys, I want to do it with.