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honeymoon run through, huh?” Tara said.
    “Well, we want to make sure we do that right too, so we need to practice,” Brandon said as he pulled Tara over and kissed her.
    “Brandon, I thought we got in this tub to take a bath,” Tara said with a smile on her face.
    “There’s nothing wrong with a little good clean fun,” Brandon said as Tara sat on his lap facing him.
    “It seems like your glad to see me. Ummm,” Tara said as he slowly moved forward toward Brandon.
    “Oh Tara, you feel so good,” Brandon said as he rubbed his soapy hands all over her breasts.
    “Yes baby. Make love to me now and for the rest of our lives together,” Tara said.
    Brandon grabbed Tara by her buttocks as she began to thrash back and forth while splashing water and bubbles out onto the heated tile floor.
    “Yeah, that’s it baby. Give it to me! Oh! Ohh!” Brandon said as he held Tara tightly.
    “Yes Brandon! Ahh baby!” Tara exclaimed as she climaxed and kissed Brandon deeply.
    “Tara, I love you,” Brandon said as Tara turned her back to him a Brandon wrapped his arms around her.
    “Brandon I had a tense conversation with my friend Shannon on the phone a couple of days ago. She basically said that we could still be friends but things were different because we were in different socioeconomic classes now. Shannon said she wasn’t rich enough to be a friend like she was before. Shannon said that she was on the ground and I was in the air and needed friends that could understand my new life. I understand what she’s saying, but it really got to me,” Tara said.
    “You know she’s right, don’t you? You will be going to places and doing things that she can’t do and won’t understand. After a while your life will be so different from hers that telling her what you do on a routine basis will sound like you are bragging and rubbing your wealth in her face, but you will just be sharing your experiences. It’s to her credit that she was honest enough to tell you the truth. Now Ashley, on the other hand moves in the same circles, if doesn’t go to some of the places and do some things that you like, it will be because she doesn’t want to, not because she can’t. I went through the same thing when my business started to take off. I wanted to share my success and what I was doing with my friends and the more the business grew the more distant they became. It finally dawned on me that we had very little in common anymore other than our past memories. I still keep in touch, but it’s all small talk. Tara, people settling at different levels in varying stages of life is just natural,” Brandon said.
    “I know, but it just seems kind of sad,” Tara said with a sigh.

7
     
    The next day after Brandon and Tara decided it was time to move forward with planning their wedding, Brandon had left for his corporate offices in New York City when Tara’s phone made an event notification sound. Tara looked at her phone and the event manager displayed, “All Day, Wedding between Gary and Tara.”
    The date had slipped Tara’s mind and her thoughts drifted to Gary. Tara wondered what Gary was feeling at that moment knowing that this was the day he was supposed to be getting married to her. What if she had never ran into Brandon in the hotel spa, would she be getting ready to say her marriage vows later that day. Tara went upstairs and sat on the balcony. While Tara looked out at the ocean she remembered someone she hadn’t thought about in years.
    Right after she left college and started her career, Tara met a man in a nightclub named Jason. Jason was everything that Tara wasn’t. Tara was slightly naïve, conservative and not very adventurous. Jason grew up fast and experienced many things in life at an early age that should have been reserved for adults. Jason noticed Tara and her wholesome beauty while she was sitting at a table with her friends. Jason walked over and asked Tara to dance. Tara was intrigued by Jason’s aura of