CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE

The next half an hour is spent looking out over the inky black waters that surround Southeast Asia. As I flip through the channels on the television, looking for something else to watch, I observe, "Well, those ugly things have put me off deep-sea diving."

"If I use the restroom in your house, will I wake up, Lucas?"

" Rory inquires.

I chuckle and say, "No, that kid could sleep through an atomic blast."

As he walks out of the room, all he is wearing is his jeans, and I watch him leave. It's kind of him to want to hang out with me and do nothing more than speak and watch TV, but the truth is that I'm so intrigued by him that all I can think about is stripping him down. When he returns, I try to engage him in conversation, but it feels strange. We discussed the recently moved into the apartment. He gives a pleasant-sounding account of the things he has recently acquired. He is employed at an engineering firm located a short distance away, and he stated he is having a good time there. Wh