Dan's spirits started to revive as he described how it felt to have thecar door opened for him, to stand aside while his escort purchasedtheatre ticke...ts, to have his chair held for him in a restaurant, to behelped on and off with his coat, and to be told repeatedly how lovely helooked, and how lucky his companion felt to have him for a date. He hadso thoroughly enjoyed Max's compliments on his appearance, that he hadmade several trips during the evening into a ladies' washroom, just torepowder. If hehad a mirror he'd have found he looked just like the pit crew of theJapanese female racers. "Genie, where are you?" Rick called out as he kicked off the heels and ranoff. Rick didn't know the first think about either driving a race car orfixing them. The last thing he wanted was to risk getting himself orsomeone else killed. "What am I to do? Dad would never believe it's me.Maybe the madam at The House of Pleasure could help. She used toentertain with stories of ancient Japan and their. ” “Do you love her?” A long pause commenced. I had never said those words to her before. I love you. Did I? Should I tell her? Did she love me? Our game had taken a sharp turn into an entirely new direction. The moment before I spoke seemed to last forever. I opted for honesty. I said, “I don’t know.” I didn’t know. She looked at me, eye to eye, for a very long time, giving nothing away. Finally she said, “Well when you do know you should tell her. Either way. She deserves to know.” Her serious. .. there goes the chances of him not waking the k**s up.” I whispered to myself. While I lay on the bed waiting for his drunken ass to make its way down the hall I continued with my prayers. But this time not just for him to pass out downstairs, but for my family’s future. I prayed for my son Luke that he could grow up into the man that I knew he could be. That he wouldn't be this scrawny timid 17 year old that flinched when someone approached him. I prayed for him to grow up and find a.