" Because..." she mumbled. "Because I think ... I think you're..." You think I'm what?" he asked."I think you're handsome," she said, turning an even ...eeper shade of crimson."You do?" he asked, shocked.Leslie nodded."And are you attracted to me?"She nodded again."Oh my god!" he breathed. "How could I have been so stupid?" You're not stupid!" she exclaimed. "You didn't do anything wrong. I was the one who kissed you, remember?"He sighed. It was time to come clean. "You've been honest with me,". He was wondering what he could do. He didn’t want to be a nanny for Albert.“Dad, I’ve got a job I think you would be great at.”“I’m listening. I might be retired, but I’m not useless.”“I know. This city was built to eventually become an Arcology. You know the term?”“Yeah, compact human habitat that meets its own needs, self-sufficient with minimal environmental impact.”“Exactly. We aren’t there yet, and I’d like you to work on it. Identify needs, create capacity. This isn’t just pipe dream. As I came back, I noticed Ana’s swimsuit was almost invisible now.Her own perspiration was causing the thin nylon to become transparent. At first I thought about waking her to tell her but I decided to let it happen. As I sat down I glanced around to see if anyone else had noticed. I saw a couple of men that seemed to be looking her way but I finally concluded there were staring at some young girl’s asses behind my wife.As the pool area began to fill up, a young guy came over and asked it the. "Listen Melinda, I'm sorry about what happened today and that you had to see that. But you have to understand where I'm coming from in this. I told you when we started seeing each other that I didn't want anything exclusive. I told you that then so this situation would never happen. Do you remember when we had that conversation?" Yes" she said as she wiped the last of the tears from her eyes. "But why didn't you tell me? And why did it have to be Angela?" The reason I didn't tell you was.