”We chased the squealing Michelle all over theapartment.In the bathroom, I flushed the toilet and brushedback Camilla’s hair. “Bette...?” I asked.She nodded. The place smelled just horrid. “Nuh-angst-noo-oo.” (No thanks to you.)I began to help her to her feet. Camilla shook herhead. “What?”She just looked at me. “Oh,” I said, standing back. “I’m not doing that.”Cammy moved her head back and forth.. Who won the pool?”“What pool?” Jack asked looking from one to the other.Sue smiled and said, “Kevin said that he’d propose by the end of the semester. I’m sure that he’ll appreciate the hundred dollars. It’s just in time for Christmas.”“I was sure he’d wait until January to propose to her,” Roy said.“There was no way that they were going to wait that long. You saw the way they looked at each other,” Sue said winking at Jack. “I was sure that he was going to do it over the holidays.”“You had a. My money, that I worked so hard for, spending it on her. It made me angry, but at the same time, my heart nearly leaped out of my throat at the thought of it, pulse quickening, and nipples hardening beneath the much cheaper bra I was wearing under my top. To use my money on her...on her. Dammit. Why did I ever get into this?? But I trudged along, picking out the finest, a few bra and panty sets that I thought would look quite smart on her, and appeal to my husband as well. A cami, a bustier,. I walk toward her and the crowd parts. Christine is lovely and my mind remembered why I dated her for so long.I said, “Christine!”She looked up at me and smiled.I continued, “I didn’t know you would be here. I’m making a personal appearance. Stay around, I’ll take you to lunch. I’ve missed you.”My ears then heard a statement that shocked me to my soul. “Thanks, Eric. I’m with Julian and will stay with him if he will have me.”She took his hand and pulled him away back down the mall leaving me.