Maybe I was being foolish… I knew what was going to happen, but at the last second I had doubts. Serious doubts.” I nodded. “Me too – differen...e was, you voiced them.” “The girls made the decision for us, it seems. I guess I’ll survive… maybe.” He laughed. “So you fucked Marci, and Alli definitely took charge and decided to fuck me, and the world didn’t grind to a halt. I was just being stupid, I guess.” Marci looked over at him, saying, “No, not stupid. Never that. You were just nervous, babe,. We stepped carefully through the crowd, with my hands on her waist, hiding the bulge in my pants between our bodies. She guided me out to the lobby and found a deserted sofa. As we sat down she snuggled in my arms. Are you surprised? she asked. Duh! I thought, and couldnt really come up with an adequate answer. She replied for me, Im probably more surprised than you are, though. It just happened, but I didnt intend for it to. Who was it with? I asked. And how? I mean, you werent gone that long.. ”“Then she got pregnant and created a bond between you, one that you seem still to honor, despite the abortion.”“I suppose so, yes.”“That’s where you need to focus, then. That bond, that link, has to be broken in your mind. Until it is, you’ll be susceptible to her siren song. Staying away from her is good, but as you’ve seen, you could run into her at any moment.”“She’s going to the Chicago area for college, the same as me,” I sighed.“Then I suggest you try very hard to find a way to break. She was going to combine those three days with a weekend and visit an old girlfriend in the northern part of the state. Her friend, Cathy, was divorced, with no children and managed an equestrian summer camp on the shores of a small lake. Diane had planned to help Cathy and the staff prepare the camp for the summer sessions."This would be the perfect diversion from all this studying," she explained. "I just can't keep up this pace, Frank, I'm starting to get flakey." We spent so little time.