Donna and I talked it over like in the old days, whenwe used to talk about our boyfriends. And we agreed, that wasthat, our marriages were over. Bec...use if it could happen once itwould happen over and over in the future. We could never trust ourhusbands ever again. Unless....-Yes. Unless. Whose bright idea was that?-Mine, actually. There was this boy I knew in school, MartySloane. Freshman year Marty was a boy named Martin, and then overthe summer he turned eighteen and when he came. ”Tom whispered, “Not my business. But did your cameraman get to participate?”Charles leaned in to say, “The shoot lasted two hours. Maybe so.”On the starboard pair of seats, Nicole let it slip that her bonuses paid for most of their vacation. “I had a good time, but I relish the fact that, tonight, I’ll be sleeping in my own bed.”Prudence nodded, “Ironic, isn’t it, that we are just starting our vacation and yours is ending.”“Fellow travelers, anyway,” Nicole said.Nicole went further, saying,. Here is where I really started breaking my rules. The kiss in the hallway took my breath away. We stumbled down the hallway, and fell into my bed. Our fire was ferocious! We were pawing at each other, trying to peel each others clothes off. We dove immediately into hot, torrid, desperate love making. Our bodies writhed against each other, as I moved in and out of her. Our sweat mingled, and we could not catch our breath. The euphoria seemed to last forever. She felt so good. She was so wet, so. Winner gets the private room in the apartment we rent together for the next year.”I walked back shaking my head and laughing. Wren wanted to know. “What are you laughing about?”“Those girls; they made their own contest out of this.”“How so?”“They bet each other which one of them could stay on the rope the longest. Brit won; she gets the private room in their apartment for the next year.”“Interesting! You want to bet me something?”“Sure, what you want to bet?”“I bet I can beat Syndy’s time; if I.