Our plan was to sleep late, then make the short drive back to McKinley and arrive by noon, which would get Jocelyn home by 2:00pm, and allow Clarissa ...and me to attend Vespers. We had a nice dinner, and went for drinks, as we had done before, but when we got back to the hotel, Jocelyn and Clarissa asked if I would mind if they talked privately. I agreed, and they went into Jocelyn’s room and I went into the one I’d be sharing with Clarissa, assuming Jocelyn hadn’t suddenly decided to become a. Whenever I got bored, I'd book a trip. Sometimes it was a Carribeanresort; sometimes it was a New York shopping spree. If I wanted to, Idid it. It was as simple as that. Did it get old? To be honest, notreally. I think I could have gone on with that life for a long time, ifI had been able to do so. After a lifetime of self-denial as a male, Iwasn't going to let this second chance at life, first chance at the lifeI really wanted, pass me by.It all came crashing down because of a man. But then,. She pointed to one of the Marines.“Look under the bed at the box and tell them what you see,” she commanded in a firm but calm voice.The Marine moved to look under the bed as instructed.“There’s a very big box of Armog 8 grenades under the bed that are all wired together. It looks like one of the boxes of sixties. That baby will create one hell of an explosion.”“Many of us here have the same under our beds. We have nothing to lose. So, tell me a good story and give me a reason not to blow. Nothing was as difficult as it was with Travis. It was simple and easy and a lot more fun than anything with him. After we had put all the take-out containers back into the basket, Kyle stood. He held out his hand to me and I took it curiously, again feeling a zap of electricity from his touch. I instantly got more nervous. “You’re not going to ask me to dance, are you?”He laughed. “Well, I was. Should I not?” I shook my head. “You should not. Unless you want any hope of you actually liking me.