"It is something that will either happen or no without you or I taking part in it." Your concerns are my concerns." Harlen said gently. "If it bothers...you, you should talk about it, though I am not very conversant in the matter." Another time, then." Hyandai replied. "I have other matters of import on my mind."She reached up and stroked his stubbly cheek and kissed him. "We are in my lands now, Harlen." She said, once again speaking elven. "Let us enjoy one another this night as folk of the. The couple had looked interesting enough when Helen noticed them in herfavourite club the previous night that she deliberately bumped into thegirl to instigate a meeting. Sods law of course dictated that they werepart of a tour party, because no sooner had she started chatting Amandaup and their rep chivvied them off for their bus. It had been dammedfrustrating because they appeared to be just the type she was lookingfor.The boy was nothing much to look at, he was in his early twenties. I had asked myself if a forty-five year old single guy could attract younger women.Sandi was home when I got there and she had dinner on. I grabbed a beer out of the fridge as she said:"Now that you have had time to think on it do you still intend to go for a divorce?" Of course I am." But why Bob? Okay so I slipped up and did a stupid thing, but I love you and you know I do. Why throw away twenty-three good years? We are good together Bob and we always have been. We don't need a divorce honey.. Hoping against hope, that you hadn’t caught me.”She was grinning like an idiot as I was recounting this. “What are you thinking?” I asked her.“Two things,” she said. “a. I have and idea of how hard it made you. Your costume was a fucking dhoti. So I saw it.”I laughed. “And b.?”“And b. There was no prop in my hand.” She smiled with expectation. I grabbed her bait.“Meaning?”“Meaning, I saw you staring at me from the wings. And the bending-over-pallu-drop was entirely for your benefit.” Her eyes.