I thought he was bringing your sister. You addressed our Women for a Better City group a few months ago.’ ‘Yes, a gathering of idealistic and inte...lligent women I thought. It was a pleasure addressing you folk but some of the questions had me sweating.’ ‘You handled yourself superbly. Please call me Marlene and this guy in the striped trousers is my husband and birthday boy Gerald. Gerald this is…’ ‘Andrea,’ said Andrea. ‘Andrea Rhodes.’ ‘Ah, you have a sexy sister. You look astonishing. She placed the cup and she noticed that I am watching her assets when she got to know, she become conscious and she said that she has some work and if we can have our coffee soon, she can start her work. I was completely disappointed and finished the coffee soon and left the place and after an hour, she sent me a message stating thank you for the breakfast. I said you are welcome and then the messaging conversation started. She started asking me if I have a girlfriend and I said no and then she. Just wear your shirt till I can find something.”“Uuumm Mr. Thomas, I’m not wearing any underwear. Haha I’m sorry.”“It’s okay. Just wear your shirt until your pants get out of the washer, it should be long enough to cover everything. Haha We’re both guys right? It’s not like we haven’t seen all this stuff in a locker.”My mind raced, was he trying to get me naked? Did he want me? No, of course not. He was a married man with two young children. He didn’t seem the kind of guy that would be gay. I. I picked up a round object covered with white tissue paper. A green globe with a golden embossed ‘2000’ and stars shooting out like fireworks emerged as I took off the protective wrapping. My breath began to swirl within me, and my belly tightened. I almost felt faint. I sat down on the couch out of fear that my legs would buckle from the weight of it all. That was the year that our son, Everett, died. His life was cut short just before he had matured into a young man of twenty. ‘Too many.