"Yep," she nodded. "Are you from around here?" Canada, actually," I answered, already feeling my seduction today could be the bartender."Oh, well when...in San Fran," she said, as she handed me a shot."What's in it?" I asked."Bartenders secret," she answered, "but it will loosen you up a bit." What if I want to loosen you up a bit?" I flirted back as I took the shot.She laughed, "Oh, I'm not sure you could handle me."I smiled, charm on full, "I'd die trying." I'll keep that in mind," she said.. Um sorry for what happened before." At first she did not say a word as though she were debating what to say to me then she finally spoke up. "Matt, don't worry about it. I know and understand teenage boys love masturbating as well as do older guys. Your dad used to do that in front of me too; long ago when he had time. Any way I knew you were jacking off when I found your secret stash of porn." I actually became embarrassed when she told me that, I had some very graphic magazines and movies in. ”Nancy nodded, “You just perfectly described the sixty or so people here and a few of our outside friends.” She laughed. “Come on; we have to get back to work.”Sheri stewed the rest of the week about her exposure to the Circle. She had learned that Derek, his wife Emily and of all people his girlfriend Abby, Donna – Derek’s secretary, Dave, and Nancy were all members. She figured out that Ron Wonder, one of the new EEs in engineering also visited all the time. She also learned that Owen Bennett. So she'd at least know that life with me was better than lifewithout me. Saturday and Sunday I made her an orange juice, toast,marmalade, and cappucino breakfast and brought it to her in bedwhen I heard her stirring. I straightened the house and fixeddinner both nights. I brought her the novel I knew she was readingwhen I heard her favorite Saturday evening TV comedy end. I showedher I cared. I tried to kiss her once but she turned her faceaway. I thought it a triumph when, passing behind.