Although my eyes remained closed, I thought I felt a shadow move across my body. Opening my eyes, I had to shake my head to be sure I was seeing wh...t I was seeing. Standing in the window was Libby, her back to me looking out at my view over the river. She was wearing a short cotton sun dress, but with the sun behind her, it was easy to make out every curve of her body, her bikini bottoms, and that nothing other than the dress covering her breasts. She turned around and sprung. “Really?” she responded, “He said that?” I could tell that she seemed a little annoyed by my revelation and intrusion into a personal matter. “Yes,” I responded. Heather remained silent for a moment. I could see her thinking. “Yes,” she responded. “Yes, we have some issues, but they are deeply personal.” I am not a marriage counselor, but I knew that 'deeply personal' meant either money or sex. Knowing they had no money issues, I surmised very quickly it was a sex issue. “You’re pretty. Well the conversation led to working out and how each had been very committed to staying in shape, with him just turning 60 and her being 53 that she had planned on working out after their coffee, she offered him to accompany her, and of course he said yes, as the hotel workout room was slim pickings.. They arrived at her gym, and both had awesome workouts, really burning some calories and sweating something fierce.. He offered her his hotel room to shower in after their workout since it was. ’ Michael felt a slight shift, as if the wind had changed direction, and found a warm thermal of air to blow lightly against his skin. ‘I thank you for your kind assessment matriarch, I find your company and council to be equally comforting and considered.’ This new voice was very different than Aoife’s, it had cool comfort that offered ease, with an understanding that said ease could easily and expediently change to something far more dire, should the need arise. ‘It is a pleasure to meet you.