I mean he came on so strong and determined I figured he must want something. But when I tried to do something one time when we were sitting in the car... (at his suggestion) he said no. I thought maybe he didn’t want to seem too anxious, so I tried again, but he again said no. So I figured that meant no. Over the following months we became friends, but I wanted more than a mere friendship. I wanted to be friends with benefits. Albert had two buddies who were very different from each other and. He had three half-sisters in the harem, and a number of others who had been his grandfather's offspring. Several of the children shared the same grandfather as him as well as being children of his grandfather's harem women. The relationships would have crossed a genealogist's eyes, since mostly they arose from the habit of lending members of a harem to honoured visitors and of giving female children as presents. They also confirmed that Maryam was not a close relation of his.He studied the. ”Tim’s father wasn’t just saying that. He was impressed. Probably more impressed than most parents would be upon learning what his son was doing. He was part owner of a wholesale electronics supply store, and knew how much work it was to get a business started. He was shocked that Tim managed to do all of that, particularly without the help of an adult, and working with someone else his age. Tim had never demonstrated that kind of entrepreneurial spirit.What Tim’s father didn’t know was that. A thousand different scenarios went through my mind. I knew what penalties I'd had in store for her, but I was coming to the realisation that she was objectively more deviant than I'd given her credit for. "So..." she said, interrupting my thoughts, "... first your penalty, and then... a proposition." She lowered her eyes at that last part, apparently losing her nerve. Before I could question exactly what she meant though, she visibly steadied herself and walked around so that she was now.