~For the love of Allah, can you advise a poor lonely stranger, respected Hajji, he started.~Derek, my friend, replied the Hajji Darwish Dosmukhamedov ...gravely, ~How can an ignorant old fool such as your humble servant presume to advise a well educated and clever young man such as you?~~I need advice on an hotel to stay in until I find a house, Derek replied, tiring of the game of ultra-politeness.~Why do you need an hotel? The house waits for you. I thought it was politeness to His Excellency. There was some worship involved, as there was for Brad and Sandy, and many of the others in The Circle.Brad tried to persuade Nancy to live at the house where he and Sandy continued to reside. True, they spent about three nights a week at The Circle house, and they were totally plugged into all the activities and meals, but Brad apparently found a streak in him where he wanted to protect his daughter from all the sex.Sandy laughed at him. "She's not a virgin. She lost her virginity when she was. I could never risk all that for some sordid bi-sexual affair. Besides, my sex life with Jen is wonderful, and keeps me more than satisfied.Which brings me back to the shower. I had proposed to my wife earlier that night in the garage that because I had once again made a semi-large purchase without talking it over with her first, I was in need of some... discipline. This time, I suggested, I had gone too far and may need some extra stimulation to learn my lesson. When she asked what measures. He was there for his son, Wesley, who was a Wolf. His older son Billy was there too, dressed to impress in his Boy Scout field uniform. I knew Justin and Billy had moved on to Boy Scouts a few years ago. I hadn’t realized Justin was now the Scoutmaster of my old troop.Each den put together gift baskets that the pack raffled off to raise money. I bought the boys $10 in tickets. The boys scurried around the banquet hall, debating the merits of the various baskets before dropping some of their.