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I love sex I love women I love men I love this city I love music I love my house I love Søren still Always

I hate

What did he hate these days? Oh, he knew

I hate people like Fuller, which is why I’ his church froer Better answers

Kingsley would never know for certain ould have happened if they’d stayed together The past was a corpse He should stop trying to dig it up and reani to it for years now because he had nothing else to hold on to But now he had a vision, a dream, a hope for the future And no matter what happened, he would see it come to life Whatever it took

Anita finished her work on his scar He rolled on to his sto the soreness out of his neck and shoulders When she finished, she laid a gentle hand on the crown of his head

"Kingsley, can you take a deep breath for hts

He rolled on to his back, arched his shoulders and inhaled

"Again?"

He breathed in again His lungs expanded, his chest swelled and he took the deepest breath of his life

And it didn’t hurt

"Dieu, hed and smiled

"You feel better?" Anita asked

"Like a new man"

Anita left him alone to dress He said he would have Saed hio for a walk, breathe fresh air

He found a pay phone and dialed a nusley spoke

"Not yet," he said "I find out tosley said "I think I need to do this alone"

He didn’t want to be alone, but if the results weren’t what he wanted, Søren wouldn’t have to see him fall apart

"I can respect that," Søren said "To what do I owe the pleasure of this call, then?"

"I wanted to tell you I went to Rome"

"So that’s where you disappeared to Sam wouldn’t tell sley said, s to himself He liked that Sam didn’t tell Søren where he was The woive her a raise "I dalena"

"What did you think of her?"