”“Did I?”“You trust me not to betray you. You could only do that if you truly loved me, and if you knew I truly loved you. Eve loves you, does...’t she?”“She’d debate that with you from now until the heat death of the universe, but yes, she does.”“And so does Deborah. And I’m guessing Joyce.”“Joyce and I dated very seriously in High School. She couldn’t handle my chosen lifestyle. She was one of the first people to insist I pick one girl and stick to her.”“A fool’s errand.”“Later on she came to. Then all I must show is that what I am offering is not defective merchandise, but is in fact very valuable. You are both hard-cases. You are not acceptable as presented either, James.Denise must be convinced you are even worth considering as a husband."Lady Bishop eyed both of them speculatively."Both of you are completely aware of what I have proposed for you.Both of you must know it is a good deal. Now you must convince each other that you are both worthy. I propose that during the rest of. "Hey. Make yourself comfortable. Really comfortable." I obliged as she exited the shower and toweled off before exiting the bathroom. "You got a nice body for a guy in his thirties, you know that? Let's go stand out on the balcony. No one can see us. I do it all the time." She opened the sliding glass door and we both stepped out, nude in a cool autumn night. "Doesn't that feel nice?" "Yeah." Colleen turned to take in the view and pulled me to stand behind her, where she pushed her. She shifted slightly in her seat and said: I should have had a pee before I left the pub. You should, I said, you've already had 4 pints, your bladder must be pretty full. Is it much further? she asked. Not far, I replied, which it wasn't, but I suddenly decided to play a little game and turned off onto an indirect route. I wanted to find out how desperate she was. After we had been driving round for a while she said: I thought you said it wasn't far. Well I had to divert round some road.