A little grass, leads on to other mind-bending substances, it was usually LSD back in my day. Eventually the idiots among us, finish up on heroin or s...ome other hard drug that they can’t break the habit of. Then their whole life dissolves into where the next fix is coming from, and they don’t give a fart for any bugger they have to hurt to get it. I’ve smoked my share of grass in my younger days, and I’ve even taken more than a few trips to never-never land on LSD in my time. Most everyone had. A lot of them will have exactly one relationship before they take whatever they've tucked away from it, get married, and settle down. If you try to settle an income on them like you would a courtesan, they think it's vulgar. They expect you to shower them with gifts, give them a place to live, pretty much whatever you can afford. For a guy in my position, that makes sense. But it doesn't scale up." Castores!" Corvus had a disturbing thought. "I hope that's not what Marcus thought I meant I. I looked at the clock to see it was already after seven. The kids had gone to bed early so they were awake early as well.When I sat up in bed, all four girls stirred and smiled. Sue said, "It's time to get up, the kids are awake. Hurry, Mercy, let's get a shower before we get them."Sue and Mercy went into the shower, while Kate and Juanita used the potty and waited their turn for the shower. The two moms got out and dried, giving me a kiss on the way by. The naked kisses got me rising, so I. Oh. Uh huh. Yes. What? Fuck no, it just means he’s got an ego the size of fucking China. Okay. Alright, I’ll ask her when she wakes up.’ ‘Aki,’ I said softly. ‘It’s okay. I still want to go.’ I sat up slowly. ‘Tell her.’ ‘She woke up,’ Akiko said. ‘Did you, uh, how long-‘ ‘All of it,’ I said. ‘Enough, anyway. ‘Looks like it’ll be a tricky situation.’ ‘Shit yeah. Hey, Paizuri, looks like you were right. Got it, she’ll be there.’ Akiko helped me dress and do my makeup, and we talked very little,.