"That means it is as big as a medium sized cruise liner," the Emir told her, "As I remember it, the accommodation is about the same as your guest suit...es, but there are forty of them. It seemed very nice when I inspected it and we ate well. Things are more relaxed there; for example I was very politely warned not to take virgins because most of the crew are male, and mistakes can happen." Sounds fun," said Elaheh, "Can I borrow it?" Be my guest," said her father, "What are you planning?" I don't. I put that in quotations because I just didn’t feel like part of the crowd. The people at the tables were mostly girls, except one other guy, but he was gay. So yeah, that’s a thing. The other girls were Mary, Susan, Becka, and Rachel.“Omg! Mike is just so sweet.” Melissa gushed again.“Yeah, I think we got it the first dozen times.” Becka said, rolling her eyes.“Hey, let her be happy.” I said. “At least someone at this table can be.” I added under by breathe.The girls looked over at me, as I. ”“yeah, I can’t remember the last time I had a release.” I said, not realizing what I was saying. Ariana, to her credit, just smiled.“I like you, you’re an honest man.” She said. I acknowledged that I tried to be. It was then that she made a suggestion.“Listen, we have a mutual problem, what do you say we take care of it…keep it between just us.” I happily agreed to this. Ariana got up, walked over to the door, and locked it. I would be nervous as fuck.It would be at this point that Ariana gets. When the older kids started school, first Frankie, and two years later little Ray, Anna Maria decided to take the girls up on their offer. They all decided that Marcie’s house was bigger, had the pool for the kids, and they’d just shift Home to her house. The old homestead sold quickly and was soon an afterthought; no more memories haunting the hallways, bathroom, bedroom and kitchen. Now just pleasant thoughts of what life was then, and what it is now, and not as sad. The difference was easy.