"You can get comfortable. Take your hat, coat and sunglasses off." He gave me a wink. "The sunlight isn't that dazzling in here, is it?" Um ... I'll k...eep them on, if you don't mind," I replied. "This is supposed to be anonymous. I have a face that people recognize." OK, that's fine, Dave," Tom answered. "What prompted the call to the peer counseling help line?" Some of my friends thought I could use someone to talk to," I responded."Why do they think that?" Tom asked."Well ... I guess because. The arrival of the second female, someone my wife did know from regular swinging parties, literally saved my wife. They quickly fixated on the new arrival. Yet, there were still plenty of guys who stayed in an informal line that led to my wife. By about 9:30 PM, the third female arrived. But, that is also when the owner got the message to the existing crew that NO more females would be showing up. Thus, the owner over sold. He was lucky that the three who he did get were sex nuts. The females. I simply refuse to hurt others, unless there is a damned good reason. I have never hit somebody hard when they got promoted, just taps like that.”“OK, I get that. I am kind of the same, not that I can hit all that hard in the first place.” We talked about the weekend coming up, and how much fun we were all going to have.Finally it was the day before it started. We now had 25 members who volunteered to help run the convention and tournaments. We even arranged several speeches, talking about. I longed to hear that she was suffering, to fan my pride.“First of all, thank you for all that you have done for Sarah and me. You are a wonderful person, Noel. I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done. You are a good man, Noel… you really are. In the near future, if it is possible to forgive me for what I have done, I will be grateful," she spoke in her tired voice.She paused as if to recollect and chose her words. "I've seen you, Noel. I've seen you drive past this house often. I.