" And her husband has never found out?" Nope. The poor sap has no idea. He even bought her a new BMW not long ago for an anniversary present -- and ge... this, she begged off from a weekend in Aruba so she could do a movie star's husband while the movie star jetted off to Aspen with her two boyfriends. You should have heard the story Tracy gave her husband as to why she had to be away on their anniversary weekend." What movie star?" I ain't that dumb. Maybe star is stretchin' it a bit. But she's. ” She paused and then said very diffidently, “That’s why he was so pleased when I was selected for this crew.”“All you girls are married,” Karla noted. “Somehow, I don’t think it’s a coincidence. Is it?”“No, it’s not,” Connie admitted. “It relates to the price we’re paying to serve—”“Price you’re paying?” Karla exclaimed. “What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say you’re not being paid today?”“Of course not,” Connie said looking at Karla as if she had said something very silly. “As a. He eased his car into the next pull off and turned on the GPS. Soon he had mapped out a quick route to the interstate and back to his home. He would be there in about two hours, tired but content. Pulling back onto the road he drove to the turn indicated by the GPS and took the shortcut to the interstate. While the road was solid it was obviously net used often. There were no cars and no houses. Clearly he was in the middle of nowhere now. Up ahead in the distance he saw flashing lights. It. We were happy to meander down memory lane, each prompting the other to remember things either forgotten or just on the edge of memory. A lovely and cathartic way to spend the evening for both of us, each with our different needs.Once or twice I thought I caught a look in Callan’s eye that I’d not seen since before that horrible, painful night when he’d dumped me for Charlotte, shattering my heart into a thousand and one-pieces, causing a pain that took so long to recover from. Maybe I was.