At bedtime, I tried to get some action with Susan, but she said she was too tired. As I lay in bed, I pondered if I should go workout in the morning. ...eciding I would just avoid the sauna, I wasn't going to let some stranger change my routine which I had began to enjoy......The next morning, I arrived at my regular time and worked out with only a couple others in the gym. Doug wasn't there, although I didn't recall seeing him working out the last time either.My workout done, I was going to the. Damn she was cute. He sat a plate in front of her and dished out a large helping in her plate. He poured the coffee and then filled his own plate. She was already eating when he sat down and started. They ate in silence, both of them eating as if they were starved. Washed down with another cup of coffee, they sat there full at last and she said, “OK when are you going to start asking questions?”“I wasn’t planning on asking any questions. You are free to hole up here for as long as you need to.. I've never had more fun orbeen happier, but, I just don't want to paint myself into a corner that Ican't get out of." He lowered his voice. "I'm a married man and I have toface reality here. I can't go on looking like this forever." Why not?"Frankie thought about that. He shook his head. "I don't know. I don'twant to be a freak of nature, something that people laugh at andridicule." You're beautiful. Why would anyone care that you enjoy dresses more thanpants? And it's none of their business. ”“They can’t hear you,” Blake said, before his free hand came crashing down on her ass with a resounding smack.The shock sent her head up just in time to see Ashleigh jump back from where she was sitting. The venomous part of Claire thought to herself: Bitch, it’s not like you’re the one getting smacked, but that voice was slowly getting quieter as she listened to the pain.“I didn’t hear you,”“Sorry, Si–”Smack!“Holy shit,” Ian said, watching intently. While some of the girls were horrified, all.