It was obvious to him that the young man knew the people of the household and his way around the house. Waving a hand to William and saying a quick he...llo, Doug walked past them and called into the kitchen, "Hello Lisa. Could you give me a cup of that wonderful coffee of yours?" I'm pouring it right now," Lisa answered. A moment later, she handed him a cup."Thank you," Doug said before taking a sip. He had just driven almost nine hours non-stop from New Jersey and was exhausted. With a sigh, he. “That round belongs to you. I told you she’d be rusty, it was bound to happen after a three-year layoff. I want you to pick up the pace this round. Get to her early and she’s yours.”Mike sat on his stool, ‘it had been a good round,’ he thought, but he held no illusions that this was going to be easy. He was a light heavy weight, fighting a skilled fighter two weight classes above his. In addition, he knew she was at least twice as strong as him. She could end the fight with one punch if he. ”“Is that so?”“Ricky, we’d be old and gray before you’d ask. I hope you’ve got your credit card. I’m hungry.”And so that started our epic romance. I found out quickly she didn’t need tutoring any more than I did, but we continued to meet twice a week, until her scholarship benefit ran out. We still hadn’t even kissed at that point. It was during our second to last meeting that we sat at the table, quietly looking in each other’s eyes. It was almost as if we were telepathic, if only in that. A shadowy form emerged right in front of her. She gasped and the wet rocky soil crumbled under her shoes.'Oh my god! I'm going to fall to my death!' The words screamed in her head.Two strong arms reached out to grab her just in time.It was him! He had gone out looking for her along the bluffs. Something guided him to that particular path. He sighed a deep relief when he saw her small framed silhouette standing there at the edge of the sea.She fell into his arms and buried herself into his hard.