My brother Julius was relieved when I announced that I was leaving Philadelphia, since he would not have to worry about supporting me and could keep a...ll of the profits for himself. Hell, I didn't care, I was going West to have FUN!Father was taken aback a bit by my choice of goals for my life, but he heaved a sigh of relief that I was not going to be around to make trouble for Julius. He gave me $500 and a train ticket out of town and washed his hands of me.Mother was somewhat less than pleased. I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of rapid shuffling, seeing a dim glow throughout the room. I rolled over onto my side to find her brother lying in his makeshift bed on the ground, jerking off under the covers to a porno playing on his phone, a slim young twink getting face fucked by thick-dicked jock over a locker room bench.I was frozen in shock, not sure if I was still dreaming, just watching. He must have felt it because it wasn’t long after he happened to glance over and. Amongst the items I picked out a small cardboard box no bigger than a packof playing cards. Inside nestled a signet ring and a small leather book. Fromthe start I sensed something strange about the ring. The metal still gleamedsilver whereas all the other silver jewellery in the box was tarnished to blacknessbut at first I just put that down to it having been inside the little box.The band was about 6 mm wide and inscribed with writing that I thought waspossibly Persian but which was. You certainly look much more ... um ... well ... How can I say this..." Confident?" Janice supplied."That's right! You look so much more 'confident' than you used to, if you know what I mean." Well, I feel fantastic. Remember how uptight I used to be? I swear, I was 35 going on 60. But now just look at me! I feel and look ten years younger, I'm flirting all the time at the office, and I'm so much more aggressive about getting what I want." You know, the way you've been stroking that wine.