I was embarrassed, mortified. I tried to talk but could only manage to stammer like an idiot. Mindy was amused by my discomfort and stepped closer to...me. "I must have done something to get you in this ...condition". she continued teasingly as her fingertips grazed the front of my trunks. "What was it?" You have the most perfect ass I've ever seen!" I blurted out. I didn't intend to say that, the words exploded out of my face of their own accord. An awkward silence hung in the air."So you like. That she was in love with him. All feelings that he’d told Jill he shared.And this was a guy whose presence spread throughout most parts of Jill’s work and private life. Together with him the best part of nine or ten hours every day at work. Together with him three evenings and nights a week. It was only the weekends and our two short date nights that I had my beloved all to myself.Gemma must have seen the look of self-pity and fear, echoing again what she’d just said. “Remember, Jill said. It was dark, lit only by a few streetlights from the fence line. He removed his hand from my breast, and I heard him shift."Pull in behind that building there."I did as he said and put the car in park. My head was spinning with ideas to escape and I didnt know what to do. He got out of the car then, and I quickly went to lock the doors but he was quicker and pulled open my door. He grabbed my arm roughly and pulled me out of the car. I stumbled as my heel dug into the cracked pavement and I. "Patti got quiet again, as if she was trying to make up her mind about something. Then, she stood, took my hands in hers, and leaned over and whispered in my ear."I have one more thing I have to show you; come on, lets go up to your room."Patti took me by the hand and, without waiting for my reply, practically dragged me up the cellar steps. I half expected her to throw me over her shoulder as we headed through the kitchen, dining room and living room and up the stairs to my bedroom. Once there.