My mother worked at local grocery store to make barely enough money for us to survive. We had no insurance, no car and absolutely no prospects of ever... living a normal life. I was destined to grow up and become either a petty criminal, a d**g dealer or a pimp.Fate, it seemed, had decided to keep us at the receiving end of life.Then Robert came along.It was a Sunday and I had no school. Mom couldn't afford baby sitter so she bought me to the store where she worked. I played in the parking lot all. For ten to fifteen seconds the gondola seemed to remain on the rough waters as it rose on one crest to fall next into the deep depression between two crests. Then after reaching another crest, the gondola did not fall all the way down to the bottom of the trough. When the following crest came, it hit the gondola sideways and shook and splashed everything inside. But by then the flow of hot air into the balloon was increasing their buoyancy. They slowly began to gain altitude as the water leaked. Alex and Adam met while triathlon training. Adam has been out and proud since before he left his Mum's womb I reckon. I was super stoked when they started dating, when they moved in together and when they first invited me to join them for a threesome. Occasionally I get invited to join them for some hanky panky and it is just one of those invitations which is what I'm going to tell you about now.Early late week I received a text message from Alex asking if I'm free Friday night.... sex party. "I'll whistle like a whip'r-will when I think it's safe to come out. You might find my horse back in there and some grub in the bags."She scampered off at about the same time there was a shot from the area of the slave quarters. I saw the cloud of powder smoke rise and headed in that direction. I tried to remember how many had been in the party that passed me, perhaps ten to a dozen I figured, maybe one down and a lot to go. I quickly counted the horses and settled on ten to go.Except for some.