Julius could never properly explain The Event to anyone – not to the neighbors, not to the police, not to the curious UFOlogists trespassing on his ...property whenever the moon shone full in a night sky free of clouds or light pollution, and certainly not even to himself. It had been a clear black night with a clear white moon, and he had been up late tinkering with various gadgets in his room – taking them apart, putting them back together, even scrapping together brand new inventions with bits. I snuggled up to Guy in bed that night and we slept soundly. I would have made love to him had he wanted but he seemed happy just to hold me. Just another example of his maturity I suppose, that he wasn’t keen to be ‘at it’ like a rabbit. Well, little did he know, that he was going to get Lena on Tuesday night. Tuesday was another quiet day with lots of discussion about blessings, weddings, planning, shopping and clothes. My mum and dad were due to fly out to Bologna that afternoon so I phoned. "Jennifer! I'm just taking a shower! Make yourself a cup of tea and I'll be down in a minute!" Michele called out through the bedroom door.As soon as she heard her daughter's footfalls descending the staircase she turned to her son."David; go to your room quickly! Don't come down for about half an hour or so ok?" What the fuck does she want?" David whined."David! Go to your room now!"Michele didn't have time to deal with a petulant schoolboy. She had nearly been caught flagrante delicto with. We will find the closest great-big-SUV-dealer in the area and I will buy you the one you like best, tomorrow morning.”My surprise fell flat, because Ann Marie didn’t understand how seriously I loved spending money on people I liked. “Ann Marie, I’m extremely wealthy and the cost of the car of your dreams isn’t even one days’ worth of interest to me. We’ll shop until you find exactly what you want and then I’ll have so much fun buying it, you will have done me the favor, not the other way.