2403 (after September) BJ: I expected her to grab her things and head for the door. I was no good at relationships. I just didn't know how to do it...Maybe I should have just made love. We could have spent the week together and then I would have had time to decide if I was ready to spend the rest of my life with one woman.
I was used to helping women go from one relationship to another. I was the transitional man, no one actually fell in love with me. I had never minded doing this. I liked helping women recover, become stronger and more confident. Love themselves again or for the first time, it made me feel good to do that for them . I was an affair type of guy, not a marrying type.

Mer: I'd been here before, sort of. I took a deep breath, he expected me to leave, I'd made men feel that way before, I could tell. I don't want to leave BJ, I have no choice but to leave at the end of this week. If you want me to leave, tell me and I'm gone.

BJ: No, I don't want you to leave Mer but, I can't make any promises and that's what you need. What you need to do is walk out that door and never come back, so that's what I am asking you to do. Good bye Mercedes.

Mer: Fine. This man made absolutely no sense. I gathered my things, dropping the roses on the breakfast I made earlier. I picked up my purse, kissed him goodbye and told him to enjoy his choice of a long and lonely life.

BJ: It was hard saying good bye to Mercedes. It was difficult not responding to her kiss. That woman lived drama, and it was wonderful to be in it with her. I shut the door and locked it . Then headed for the shower. Why lock it -she might change her mind.