"This won't take but a few minutes, but I wanted to speak directly with you. Texts and e-mails can be so impersonal." Dr. Browning wasn't an imposing ...figure, only 5'9" tall and maybe 160 pounds tops, but he carried himself in such a way that he commanded your respect when you met him. He was soft-spoken, yet had a clarity about his voice that no one mistook him for anything but the man in charge. "Frank, I want to tell you how nice it was to meet your wife last week. It's always good when we. This was a bay that was famous for wild pigs that came down to the water and would even wade across to the small islands off shore. To an unwary sailor, it would seem that you could sail in at one end of the bay and out at the other; which you could on a good day. But the north end of the bay became very shallow, a sand spit connected the land to the island and on a high pressure day the spit might actually be above the water – though this was very rare. At other times there might be a narrow. "I stood on my tip-toes to kiss his cheek. I opened my purse and gave him three condoms. "Save them for me."We took Starr down through the service elevator; no sense in all the gawkers seeing her beaten up the way she was. Mike drove us to our apartment. Starr and I had been living together for a number of months. The doorman looked shocked when he saw her, and offered to help. "She's ok, she just fell down. Someone will deliver her car tomorrow; please have it put in the garage." Guy dreams. * My name is Henry, the last name doesn’t count. I have worked in industries that require applied physical sciences for most of my adult life. Don’t misjudge me, I am not an anti-people nerd. I married my college sweetheart over forty years ago, and our marriage is strong. That strength has been, and is, tested almost on a daily basis, but not because we ourselves have a problem. My wife and I both have blood relatives who have exhibited emotional/mental instabilities. We became aware of this.