Antonio and Mark

This story illustrates unavailable love by seeking out gay sexual contact. It is a game that few people would be willing to play - but it's erotic enough to make telling the story worthwhile. If erotic sex and gay talk offends you - Please do not read.

Email me with comments - All emails are answered. Jbalancier9@yahoo.com

Antonio and Mark

By Justin Balancier

You could pass him on the street never realizing that the most genuine person in the crowd just went by. No one would turn around to look back - no one that is except Mark. I'm speaking about a guy named Antonio and if you stay with me - I will tell you why.

My name is Mark and I work for my uncle Tony at Cedar Grove Landscaping. This is my story.

It all started a year ago when my uncle Tony's best friend Salvatore stopped by the garden center with building plans and several drawing sketches for Tony to look at. Uncle Tony had decided to expand the building for more sales space and his friend Salvatore was the best man for the job.

"It's going to be sharp looking when completed," - said Cliff, who was the bookkeeper and kept tract of the company's sales.

"Yeah great", was everyone's answer.

It was early morning around the first week of June when I arrived for work. Sal the contractor and a couple of his helpers were already on the job. I parked my car and stopped to say good morning to Sal. Working with Sal were two Hispanic guys who didn't appear to be very old. They were not friendly either. They didn't look my way and never spoke.

The two Hispanic guys were speaking to each other in Spanish. Sal told everyone that they were brothers. Hum, I thought - "interesting" -

I didn't know anything about 'green cards' but sure as hell, they were good workers. They resembled Mexican men but may have come Puerto Rico. They each had muscular arms and a sexy way they walked about doing their work.

I headed into the greenhouse where Tony was already working. "Hey Tony, it looks like those guys are off to an early start" - I said.

"Yeah Mark, they keep moving right along. They are doing okay," Tony answered.

My curiosity was getting the best of me, so I asked Sal about his two helpers. They really were brothers who came from Mexico. They lived with their mother and stepfather only a couple of miles from my house. Sal was friends with their stepfather so that's how they got a job as carpenter helpers.

I asked Tony if they were here legally. "Yes Mark, Sal's workers have been in the US for several years and they have green cards, - Tony answered.

I thought to myself - "well, I have to get friendly with them if it was at all possible."

The days were trickling by and progress on the new addition was moving along smoothly. When I arrived at work each day, they were always on the job hammering away.

It was on a Monday of the following week when I parked and stopped to say good morning. Nobody had arrived yet and there was only one of the brothers working.

"How's it going, I asked. "It's good yes it's good" - he answered in fractured but decent English.

"My name is Mark" - I said and extended my hand.

"Yes, I know, I have heard that" - he answered.

"I'm Antonio" - he answered and gave me his hand."

This was the first time I looked directly at him and was literally taken back by a mystic beauty that was barely noticeable. He was soft spoken and warm. I was sure he wasn't gay. I just knew that he was nice. He told me that his brother Ramon was finishing High school and was in his senior year.

"How old is your brother", I asked. "He is nineteen and I am twenty six." - He answered.

"I'm twenty six too"- I told him.

Antonio flashed a silly grin and said - "Cool - We are birthday amigos" and took my hand just for a second shake.

After that morning Antonio and I became close and each time we were together I worked overtime trying to cultivate his friendship. I desperately wanted to touch and hold him and I hoped at the right time maybe I would get there.

He told me that he had twin boys living back home in Mexico with his grandmother. Their mother had abandoned them after they were born. Currently he was living with a woman he called his wife.

"Where did you get married - I asked - in the US or in Mexico"?

He replied - "Oh no - no, I'm not married, I just fuck."

I told him in that case she was his girlfriend and not his wife. "You have to be married to call someone your wife" - I told him.

"Okay" - he answered.

It was a hot afternoon and Antonio was up working on scaffolding. I knew he liked coke cola so I got a bottle from the soda machine along with a bottle of water and brought it to him.

"Here Amigo, I said, I brought you something to drink and keep you cool." He squatted down from the scaffolding to reach for the drinks and his cock was bulged between his legs. He noticed that I was staring between his legs so he stayed in that position for a few minutes so I could look at him. At least I hoped that was the reason. He smiled and said thanks buddy. He began to call me buddy when we talked - so I called him "dude"

The following morning the phone rang about 7:00 am. It was Antonio "Hey buddy - can you help me? This is Antonio". "Sure Antonio - what's up?" I asked him.

"My truck won't start and I need a lift to the job, can you pick me up" He started to tell me the address.

"That's okay Antonio" - I said. " I know where you live dude and I will be right over" - I told him

"Thanks Mark, I owe you bud - I will be outside," - he said.

I didn't finish drinking my coffee - I poured it down the drain and headed for my car. There was excitement tugging at me from within; it wasn't a wild nervous excitement but never the less it was there. I thought this buddy contact would bring me even closer to Antonio.

When I pulled up Antonio was standing by the side of the road. He jumped in the car and squeezed my knee and said - "thanks bud" He was wearing a sleeveless tee shirt and his biceps were budged and hard looking. There was a tattoo on his arm that said 'amor y país' I asked what the tattoo said and he replied - "love and country" - or something like that.

He was wearing shorts that stopped just below his knee. You could see uneven sprigs of course black hair on his well-proportioned legs. He sat beside me with his legs evenly spread and his cock challenging me to play. He smelled so clean and looked so wholesome. His hair was still slightly wet from the shower. I wanted to grab him or at least get around to sex talk but the time still wasn't right. Frustrated as hell I pushed my dick down in my pants and just drove to work.

At lunchtime I brought Antonio his usual coca cola and bottle of water. I sat with him while he ate and we talked about Mexico. He said he had been in the states four years and was saving his money to go back to Mexico and purchase a bar. He had been saving practically every dollar.

His brother Ramon was going back to Mexico after graduating in June from High School. Ramon was a Hispanic cutie but didn't have the depth, and personality that Antonio's was blessed with. I was actually glad Ramon would not be around distracting his brother from me.

Friday rolled around and I had been digging and planting shrubs all day. I was pretty sweaty and tired. When I got back to the nursery Antonio was waiting for me.

"Hey Mark - I was waiting for you. Can you drop me off please? It's only three miles. - I'll give you $5.00 for gas" - He asked

This was the last thing I felt like doing but I said, - "Sure, but no money for gas. You need to keep all your money. Every $5.00 bucks you hang on too will help," - I told him

"Thank you" - he said. I thought to myself - "if you only knew how to play your cards."

I still had my shirt off and my chest was glassing with sweat. Antonio took the tee shirt from my hand and began wiping my neck and chest.

"See, now I can help you" - he said. "I know it's not much" - he told me.

"Yes, it's a lot to get wiped off, thanks dude," - I told him.

He never replied but just kept wiping me dry. I don't think he understood my subtle comment.

I drove out the parking lot and towards Antonio's house when I stopped the car on the shoulder of the road and said - "Do you want to go for a beer? I'm hotter than hell and thirsty too" I'm sure he didn't understand what "hotter than hell" meant but he said "okay." Antonio answered, "Okay" to everything. I never heard him say "No".... It was always "Okay".

"We can stop at my house". I told him. I knew nobody was there and this was my chance to be alone with him. He answered - "Okay".

Once in the house, I grabbed a couple of beers from the fridge and we got comfortable. I still had my shirt off. When I turned around to give Antonio his beer he had taken his shirt off also. "I'm hot too"- he said.

"Yeah, you certainly are" - I said to him.

My eyes traveled over his body from top to bottom. We sat on the couch in front of the TV and Antonio asked if I had any movies that we could watch.

"Sure" I said, "what kind of movies do you have in mind," - I asked him.

Antonio looked directly at me and said - "Mark, what do you want?"

"I don't want anything" - I replied.

"Yes you do - I know you do - I'm not stupid Mark, so tell me, -what do you want?" - He repeated.

"Ah fuck it - I thought to myself, ............ I never hesitated,

I said - 'Leche' - I want some leche."

He looked at me for a few moments with a puzzled look and said - "Milk!! - You want milk?" -

"Yes, I want milk I told him" - I want Antonio's milk" - I said.

He paused for a minute, thought about it. Finally he said - "oh, I get it. - okay, I get it"

The ice was finally broken and there was no longer a bush to beat. Antonio was very accepting and certainly no fool. He knew I wanted to suck his cock even without my asking. He just knew it probably from the first time I met him.

"Can you put on a movie - a fuck movie?" He asked.

"What would you like to see straight or gay?" I asked. "I don't care either one" - he replied.

"Let's watch gay." - I suggested.

"Okay" - he replied.

I put my hand on his leg and it took only a few seconds for his cock to swell filling out his pants. Hi cock was already hard, probably from all our sex talk. Just like a pro, he stood up, faced me, opened his jeans and pulled out his cock for me to suck. What powerhouse this Hispanic had between his legs. He put his fingers on my lips as if to say 'open' and eased his cock to the back of my throat and held it there. His cock had a musky flavor of sweat and dry piss. It wasn't dirty tasting at least in my opinion, it was in fact deliciously erotic. I breathed in deeply to garnish as much of his taco smell as possible. With my face in his crotch and my nose inhaling his sweaty balls, I was just where I wanted to be.

Antonio's cock was long and thick. It stayed very hard and it felt like getting jabbed in the throat with a stick. He moved his dick gently at first between my lips and then picked up thrust in and out of my mouth. All the time he was fucking my throat he was talking to me. I thought I would burst with excitement.

"Are you happy now my cock sucker? He asked barely audible. - Yeah, keep sucking me", - he said?

I couldn't reply with my mouth full. I could only mumble and there was no reason to talk because he knew the answer. The more he talked, the better I took care of him. Antonio was a fast learner and he did everything right.

"So you want leche? - Antonio asked. " Tell me when you want my load." - I heard him say. I thought to myself - "Jesus, he catches on quickly."

He shook his underwear from his ankles and faced me naked. His cock automatically went back in my mouth with my hand fondling his heavy balls. I wanted to lick his silken body but I wouldn't give up this prize that was filling my soul - so I stayed there like a pig milking his dick and trying to get a load dumped into my waiting mouth.

I could feel his body tense and he began to push his cock deeper into my throat. I choked a little and gulped occasionally for air but never let go. There was no way in hell that I was going to fuck up this party.

Antonio whispered next to my face while grabbing my hair and holding my head. "Ah fuck man this is so good and your mouth is so warm - he said. I didn't expect it to be this great. Don't stop, go for it Mark - go for it buddy."

Listening to his Hispanic accent was a turn on which drove me wildly insane. I was so moved by his talking, that precum started dripping from my cock.

"I have some milk ready - want it now?" - He asked - "Stick out your tongue he commanded" - His dick began shooting gobs of thick white cum on to my tongue and used his finger to push it clear to the back of my throat. "Choke on it bitch" - I heard him say as oozing cum flowed from the head of his cock. I lapped every drop like a thirsty dog at a watering hole.

Antonio sat back on the couch and said to me - " I did my best for you" - and lovingly pushed the hair off my forehead and back into place. There was a certain glow on Antonio's face and he ran his finger across my lips. - "Nice, he commented - really nice."

"You have no idea how nice" - I told him. "Damn that was so great, I repeated, just to make sure he understood.

Antonio continued - "I am almost finished working with Sal because the job is over but I still want sex with you. What do you think? Is it's okay?" - he asked.

"Yeah, I told him, sure it's okay." Talking to me the way Antonio did gave a new meaning to the word "awesome." He could be so luscious with little effort.

Antonio rubbed my knee and ran his hand over my thigh. - "I want to fuck you Mark, - he asked.

"Sure, I answered, but you don't mean right now, do you?" - I asked him.

No, not today. That will be for next time" - he answered.

"Incredible." - I told him.

"Okay" - he answered.

He laughed just slightly and said with an Hispanic accent, - "I fuck you good Mark - You will lie awake thinking about my arms around you and my cock deep inside you"

"Naw, I won't" - I replied.

"Yeah, you will" - he answered.

We got dressed and I drove him home. There was no doubt about it. I was on cloud eight and nine. Hot sex was nothing new to me but Antonio brought a new dimension to the game." Over and over again I asked myself. "How fuckin lucky can I be?"

That evening I had a difficult time sleeping thinking about the next date with Antonio. - Imagine that!!

The construction job finally ended. Antonio stopped coming around once the work was over. The days gradually returned to normal except when Antonio called me. I thought maybe there was a shortage of pussy at home when my phone rang. Ramon, his brother, was finally out of the picture. He graduated and returned to Mexico just as he said he would.

Antonio called one day wanting to know if I knew about openings in construction or carpenter jobs. He hadn't received a paycheck in awhile and was looking for work. I didn't, but said I would see if Tony could put him on temporarily at the garden center. I knew that wouldn't be easy because late summer was a slow time at the nursery. Still I was willing to try. I figured since Tony knew Antonio he just might hire him.

"No Mark, don't ask him - I am okay. I don't like working with customers and feel good about it. No, I'd rather work outside with my hands. No problem - he told me.

Antonio continued - Do you need me for anything today? I fucked my woman last night and that may not leave enough for you - sorry but she wanted It." - he said.

"I'm sure she wanted it - no problem and yes Antonio, take a shower I need you today" - I said to him.

The way he spoke was arousing and I wanted to see him. Every time he talked about fucking me, it sent me ballistic and gave me a friggin hard on.

I began thinking. - In the past, I always had to be on top; but with Antonio he wanted me to bottom for him. I have a celebrated firm bubble ass and I know how to use it, still I don't fuck just any guy. I knew that Antonio wasn't 'just any guy.'

I'm sure he spoke that way on purpose to fuck with my mind. I snapped back to reality as Antonio continued to talk. "Okay" - I will be over in an hour." - he said.

I sat in the bay window sipping a cup of hot tea and looking over the landscape. About an hour later Antonio's truck pulled into the driveway. I got a warm feeling just watching him walk up the driveway and it wasn't from the tea. I was sure of that.

Antonio's mother was a nurse who worked at the medical center and she had taught her boys from an early age about cleanliness and germs. Antonio practically lived in the shower and was forever washing his hands. I liked that about him because his fingers usually ended up in my mouth along with every other body part that I could get my greedy tongue on. Still a trashy part of me wondered how he would taste without using all that soap and water.

I had a porn movie ready to go and a couple of beers for us sitting in the fridge. Antonio came thru the door and gave me a manly hug. It was one of those Spanish hugs that he never failed to do.

Before he let me go I ran my tongue quickly across his ear. He never said a word instead he unzipped his jeans and put my hand inside to touch his big cock, which was already getting hard. It felt incredible packed in his under ware. I wanted more so I pulled the boxers down and his cock and balls sprung free. I knelt as if I was before Zeus. Antonio shoved my face into his crotch. I breathed in deeply trying to loose myself in the smell of his cock. I licked his heavy balls and ran my tongue over his ass cheeks.

Everything was a buffet and I was greedy for more. Antonio switched positions and kneeled next to me on the floor. He rested his upper body on the sofa. I licked up and down his back and my eyes focused on his beautiful ass. His hard ass cheeks were delicious looking and I wanted to kiss and fuck them. I worked his ass cheeks apart exposing a beautiful tight looking hole. I licked his ass and shoved my tongue inside as far as I could go. He moaned and wiggled his ass trying to fuck back on my tongue.

"Yes - yes Mark eat my ass - my God you are a beautiful man sucker - eat me bro" - go deeper - he said.

He used his hands to pull apart his ass cheeks so I could tongue fuck him deeper and I stayed there licking him and making him groan with pleasure. I knew my cock wasn't getting inside him this time, so I finally came up for air. I worked my way down his hairy leg past his knee and straight to his feet. His feet were clean and I kept right on going. I sucked his big toe and than another toe and still another. My sexual ride over his body was a fetish trip and I loved every minute of it. I was exactly where I wanted to be.

I made love to his feet like a porn star in a cheap flick. I licked him everywhere devouring his scent and sucking in the flavor of his balls and hairy crotch. I moved back to his chest and sucked his nipples rubbed my lips on his biceps causing him to raise his arm. I buried my face in his armpit and licked off a faint taste of sweat. I licked clean the black hair under his arm and than I went for the other arm, all the time Antonio was talking - "Oh buddy eat me - eat me - fill yourself you hungry bitch - take everything " - he mumbled. The more he talked the better job I did working over his body.

We finally stretched back on the couch. I looked up at him and he rested his head above my face; He took his hand and squeezed open my mouth. Antonio pressed his mouth to mine in a tongue-sucking marathon. The passion in me was overwhelming and I was willing to do anything he wanted.

"You slut - he muttered, you want me to fuck you - don't you macho man?' - His words were gentle and loving. He whispered softly in my ear with his sexy Hispanic accent. I'm sure he was testing how far I was willing to go with him. There were no boundaries when it came to sex and Antonio knew it. We both were so hot for each other.

Antonio was holding my cock and it was leaking like crazy. He took a gob of precum on his finger and said to me - "I want to taste it? Then he licked all the precum from my cock.

He stood up and placed his leg across my chest. His cock and balls were hanging near my face as he lowered his ass on my mouth. He pulled apart his ass cheeks and said. "Once more - That's good for you to taste me?"- he repeated in poor English but I knew exactly what he meant. I answered, "Si amigo absolutely".

I had gone where no woman had taken him before and I feared he was hooked on gay sex. We were using each other for cheap hook ups. It didn't matter to me because this was my moment in time and I planned to use as much of it as possible.

The summer went quickly by and the calls from Antonio became less frequent. He had returned to working full time and there were very few moments that we could spend in privacy. Our last few times together he fucked my ass wildly and used me like a Mexican whore; but more about that later. We both got what we wanted and he went away happy each time.

It was December about two weeks before Christmas when Antonio called me for what would be the last time. He wanted to see me. His family was returning to Mexico after the holidays and he would be leaving with them. He had saved enough money to get started his business and was anxious to return to Mexico and warm weather. The temperature here was brutal. The snow was accumulating and many days hovered into the teens and colder.

I was certain he would throw another fuck into me and I wanted to be perfect, so I showered, douched, washed my hair and looked the best I could be for him. I dressed wearing only a tee shirt and jeans with no underwear. I thought, why bother with boxers - Antonio would only rip them off.

I thought to myself - " Yes Antonio,- I would love to be your bottom, for my hard, round ass is unique from most other asses you will ever fuck. You see, my ass sucks inward when being fucked, while most others tend to push out. My ass's hold on a cock is so strong that it feels as if it were strangling it."

Before he hung up I said to him - "Antonio don't shower today come as you are".

"Why" - he answered.

"I want to have sex with you in a natural way" - I told him

"I don't understand," Antonio said - "What is a 'natural way?"

"I don't want to smell soap or taste deodorant any more. I just want to taste you. I want to lick the real Antonio from your neck to your feet. - I told him.

"Ewe, you are a crazy gay boy. No shower!! - I will think about it," - he said.

A pick up truck drove into the driveway and stopped in its usual parking place. Antonio got out rubbing his hands together. He was dressed in jeans, a leather coat and a cap covering his short black hair. All summer he wore only shorts and either a tee shirt or a tank top.

Antonio came into the house complaining a about the cold. He said he liked the northeast but the weather sucked. I got my usual Hispanic hug and he held me there longer than usual. He ran his hands down my back and under my jeans. He rubbed my butt and he tried to put a finger in my ass.

"C'mon buddy - get 'em off," - he said and tugged at my pants. I took his hand and led him to the bedroom and we both stripped. His cock was rock hard and it immediately went into my mouth. He tasted so good and earthy.

"Mark my buddy -Today just for you, I didn't shower and I washed nothing - no soap - no pretty smells, only Antonio. You asked me to come dirty and I do it for you - don't worry, I did not fuck my woman." He said.

My heart begun to race a little and sparklers went off in my head. One day with no shower did not make him dirty but it did make him desirable.

I started a tongue bath on his body. He tasted erotic, salty and Hispanic in all the right places. I licked his ears, sucked his nose into my mouth and licked his armpits until his body smell was on my face. I washed his chest with my tongue, chewed on his nipples and worked my way to his stomach and nibbled on his pubic hair.

His cock went into my mouth and I took every inch of it. "Ohh shit cocksucker......fuck you are a hungry boy slut - eat me man - eat - eat- eat." He mumbled over and over.

He moaned and wiggled around like a cork screw trying to enter a bottle. His cock went from side to side in my mouth and he was choking me by pushing so deep into my throat. I groaned and my eyes begun to water but I wouldn't let go of his cock "Open wider bitch - you can take it -swallow - you wanted cock - you're getting cock you fuckin slut," he said. I was gagging but I did everything he wanted from me. It was a game and even if it was uncomfortable I was in it to win.

I kissed my way down his body and washed his toes with spit using my tongue like a washcloth. I chewed on little tuffs of black hair on his toes and licked the flavor off his feet. Then I buried my head under his balls and breathed in his cocky odor. My hands found their way to his ass so I lifted him up and buried my face in the crack of his ass.

"Oh my God, you're eating my hole - aghhh it feels so good - keep eating bitch - hungry fuckin bitch.- eat me - push deeper - lick my ass - He said.

"I'll say one thing about Antonio" - "He certainly knew the English language when it came to dirty sex and every word was magical with a Spanish accent. It was truly wonderful.

This time his usual smell of soap and deodorant was missing. Instead his warm body had the slight flavor of sweat, perspiration salt and a hint of dry piss that brought out the animal in me.

His finger went into my hole and I knew he wanted to fuck me. Fucking was Antonio's favorite thing to do. He loved doing it and he was great at pleasing. But for me Antonio's milk was what I really went for. He was so good at shooting big loads of thick cum down my throat.

"Mark - I want to fuck you and I will feed you leche too. Are you my good buddy - fuckin slut -my pig ass sucker?" - he said with a boyish smile and kissed my fingers.

"Yeah, that's the rumor", I answered.

I knew he was acting out things he could not do with his woman so I accepted everything he said. Even the name-calling that I knew was part of the game. Besides who cared, I was getting what I wanted.

Antonio slipped a condom on his cock and bent me over doggy style. He worked my hole with lube and entered me gently at first than picked up the pace. He fucked me so hard I was trembling. "Oh shit - you fucking whore - hot pussy boy. C'mon puta take my cock- take it bitch - take it" - he kept saying as he pumped my ass.

Antonio pulled my head back by my hair as if he was riding a mechanical bull. He flipped me over on my back and I rested my ankles on his shoulders. He roughly spread my ass cheeks once more and plunged a couple of fingers in my waiting hole. He stuck his cock in me once more and pulled back, pause for a second than ram me like a battering ramp. He fucked long, deep and hard moving his cock from side to side.

He hammered away intently causing me to squirm and groan. I tightened my ass muscles and held him like a vice. My ass sucked inward and I gripped his cock very tight. "Oh Jesus" - he screamed, as he tore up my ass - "this is unbelievable"

He let out a long aghhhh and shot a load of sticky cum into my grateful ass. He was so spent that he flopped on top of me and our two sweaty bodies stuck together.

Antonio removed the condom from his cock and fingered my lips and said in Spanish - "abierto mi hermosa amiga" I wasn't sure what that meant but I figured that he wanted my mouth open.

He slowly pushed his warm cum out of the condom and into my mouth. I laid there like a whore in heat letting him do whatever he wanted.

"This is nearly a two week load of baby milk that I saved for you. - You have no idea how hard it was to keep it from my woman - but it's for you buddy. I know that you want my cum this way and I owe you man"

"You want it so take it all" - he said and pushed the last few drops of cum out of the slippery condom and into my mouth. Then he told me to taste the condom, which I did. It was warm, slippery and ass flavored - Antonio was correct. - I did want it all.

Antonio put his cheek next to mine and whispered into my ear. - "Are you all right?"- he said to me. Did I push you too much Mark? - he asked.

I held on to his neck and didn't want to let go. I kissed his neck and released my grip on him. "Damn it NO - Antonio I loved every bit of it, "You are truly an awesome man". - I told him.

"Hey, look at you buddy. You have a mirror - now there's an awesome dude gay boy." and then he pinched my ass.

"Do you want to take a shower before you leave? - I asked.

He answered, "No buddy, I feel good this way, I will wash when I get home" - He told me.

After getting dressed I walked Antonio to the door to say good by.

"Was I too nasty with you" he asked.

Yes, I said -and it was all good."

"Your wife is a lucky woman" - I told him

Antonio laughed and said -"My crazy gay boy" Than he kissed me on the mouth and sucked gently on my nose.

Mark, he said to me, - "If my life was different I would like to stay with you but it is impossible. My cum is in your body now and I am a part of you. I can go away knowing that we share the same feeling" and then he kissed me. The kiss changed from passion to one of respect.

"I know Antonio, really I know" - I told him. " Now get your ass out of here before you see a big boy start to cry" - I was truly aching inside.

I took two $100 dollar bills and shoved them into Antonio's coat pocket.

"What's this? - he said. "Oh, no no Mark - I don't take money".

"I want to give you something". - I told him. "This is for Christmas Please, take it for yourself and use it in Mexico"

"But I didn't bring you anything" - he said.

"Yeah, Antonio you did" - I told him.

He thanked me and put the bills back in his pocket. I could see a happy glow on his face. He looked almost child-like as he pulled his coat up around his neck.

"I have to get going Mark" - Merry Christmas my American brother -"hasta que nos volvamos" he said to me.

Antonio said, "When I get my bar open for business, I will keep an unopened bottle of my best whisky on the top shelve with your name on it and I will never sell it. I want a visual way to never forget you Mark - Yeah, I know it sounds crazy but that's how I do things." - he told me. He kissed me on the cheek for what I knew would be the last time.

"You're perfect, thank you" - I whispered in his ear.

I watch as his truck climbed out the driveway thru the snow until it gradually disappear down the road.

"I went back to the window and looked at the tire tracks in the snow. "What's done is done," I knew that for sure.

There isn't a single moment with Antonio that I will ever forget - not one!.... I closed the window blinds and went to take a shower.

The End