‘Yes,’ she said slowly, ‘pointers when you get back.’ To Lisbeth, she said, ‘Don’t work him too hard up there.’ That morning, we escaped... the standard Big Sur fog bank and warmed quickly on the steep trail. The pack was heavy with beer and extra water. The needed grassy hillside materialized around fifteen hundred feet and we found a hollow with a view and some privacy. I unfolded the blanket and Lisbeth dumped her clothes and lay out on a big towel. ‘Are you just going to leer at me, or can we. “I don’t want a son who sleeps until noon,” Mom explained. “Lay around the house and watch movies and play computer games. I don’t want that.” I laughed.“Mom, I’m not fourteen anymore,” I said. “I’d go batty if I lived the way you described. I plan to call Millersville [University] and F&M [Franklin & Marshal College] tomorrow. I want to see if they have MBA programs. I’d like to start working on that in my off-season time.”“That’s good,” Dad said.“I can help around the house too,” I offered.. I’ve only written this because I wanted to be able to keep the memories fresh as I get older and because my “friends and lovers” have either moved on with their lives or passed away, but since the intent of this opus isn’t just pure sex, some realistic ‘fill’ was necessary. I apologize that this is rather short, but it was very painful to write. © Hellraser 2014This particular part of my life was glossed over in the Caroline part of the series, primarily because some of it was classified. It. . . .’ ‘Let me guess, he said yes on one condition, and that was for you fork out a large amount of money to guarantee your safety and that of your woman?’ ‘That was the general idea, yes’ ‘And you started to have second ideas?’ ‘Yes, and that was when he lobbed up at my work yelling and screaming abuse in my general direction.’ ‘And you of course went out there and told him to fuck off and leave you alone.’ ‘No, that was when I realised that I was a devout coward and got out of there as fast.