And I found I had done the same thing. And Helen was hanging on me, she was just delighted. She nearly jumped Tim to thank him, giving him a big kiss ...n the process. People around us were smiling at her scene. Then, we she realized it, she blushed.I leaned to her ear and whispered, “No need to blush. If you are going to blush just because of a grateful kiss, what are you going to do later with Tim’s challenges?” She smiled at me. But this was a wicked, lusty smile. “Hmmmmm, yes. Michele, I am. I say so-called because Dusty was probably the only person in the world who thought that dream was coming true. The truth was, Dusty was always going to leave sports and work in my daddy’s car shop, that’s just the way things work in this town. Anyways, Dusty had been growing apart for years, the only thing was, Dusty hadn’t noticed. I wish I could say it wasn’t his fault, and in a way it really wasn’t, but I was what you would call ‘sexually starved’. Dusty, despite his best efforts, had never. “You’ve fucked, I take it?”“Yes ... yes, it wasn’t premeditated; at least as far as I was concerned, but it happened the first time we met.”Tabby picked up her glass of wine and then put it down without drinking. “I believe Miss Grisum and I have met.”“She said you had. I didn’t know if you’d recall her.”“I do, in fact, quite a beautiful girl, Owen. I congratulate you on such fine taste. Did you fuck her in our bed?”“No! I couldn’t---wouldn’t do that.”“Points to you for that, Owen.”“She thinks. ”Ryan shrugged, and I asked why he had smiled when I gave him the ring? He grinned. “Tanya’s face came into my mind. I was going to give Indy the flick. I even told her after you gave me the rings that I didn’t love her and only wanted to be friends, but I don’t think she believed me.”“I knew it would be a couple of months before I could come and find out where Tanya was, so I let Indy stick around until she worked out, she wasn’t going to get what she wanted. Probably not my proudest moment.