They finally danced to the fun tune's of Tony Bennett's "Stepping out with my baby," which was the last song of the night."Are you ready to go back ho...me?" Gene whispered in Marissa's ear.She nodded and once again they were whisked away by Gene's magic.Back at the apartment, they kissed with hard and passionate kisses. Gene couldn't wait to finally be able to make love to Marissa.He held her against him and stroked her pretty face. "Now my love, it's our turn to share our moment."Marissa looked. “It’s about achieving inner peace and exercising self-control. That’s what she lacked yesterday. I saw it, and used it to my advantage today.”“I’ll say!” Kara teased.“I tried to talk her out of it, but she insisted. And yes, Babe, she’s been tested. She works in a medical office at UofC.”“I’ve never seen her.”“One of the physician offices, not the hospital. And she’s in administration, not a nurse or doctor.”“And you used a rubber?”“I remember the rules, Babe,” I reassured her. “Come cuddle. They surely would have frozen before any help could have reached them.There was a single incident that should not go without mention since it provided me with a week of warm and spirited days in the midst of so much emptiness, loneliness and desolation. We were breakfasting on grog and hoe cakes one morning at a small wayfarer's inn near Princeton when the door crashed open and a dragoon officer appeared, his fancy cape turned back to show its silken lining. He stood in the doorway for a. "Mio Dio! She is stupido." He thought. "Si Mrs. Pagano, I have here five thousand lira for you."The money changed hands."Giovanni, go with the priest. He will see to you from now on," his mother called."Come son, I will protect you now."The young boy and the priest left the dirty apartment, never to return again. Three day later his mother was found dead from an overdose.Giovanni never knew.The religious order Giovanni was taken to was extreme. They felt that whippings and beatings brought.