." Her eyes grew to the size of dinner plates when she realized that Carole was right - my essence could actually heal her sickness. She slid over to ...ake room for me to sit beside her, which I did."Could we ... do you want to ... maybe ... you know ... do it ... before you have to leave? I feel so much better, and it probably won't hurt, so you could concentrate more on you and less on trying to be gentle with me..." Christine raised the sheet to reveal her naked body, letting me know I could. Her children had felt obliged to choose sides in the cold war going on in the Pestridge house: Amy had sided with her mother while Brad had sided with his dad. It was a terrible situation, effectively having two separate families living under the same roof, never talking seriously to one another. But since Brad and Amy were in their senior year and close to graduating, Suzanne figured she might as well see it through to the end.She concluded, "Enough about me. You know how I hate to talk about. I arrive at her house at 8:00 p.m. She opens the door, and I see she is dressed to go out in a blue shirt and jeans with very practical running shoes. I hand her the packages I have brought as her eyes look astonished. I tell her: “Moni, these packages contain the clothes you are to wear tonight; go to your bedroom and put them on!” She takes them in her hands and meekly turns away and heads to her bedroom, without saying a word.She came out of her bedroom dressed like a tart, as I had. The remainder of the evening followed the pattern of sitting on the balcony listening to some music, then watching the news on the television and it culminated with them going to bed and making love.Ted thought if this was getting to be what would be called a routine it was a routine he certainly could live with as making love with an intelligent, beautiful, warm and caring woman could never be routine. It was a great way to end the night.The drive back Monday morning resulted in both of them.