“Can I help you, young man?” an accented voice asks from behind, causing Trent to practically jump out of his skin.“I ... um ... was just lookin... around,” Trent replies, totally caught off guard. “You have a ... um ... interesting shop.”“Yes, I did work hard to collect all these things,” the man says. “It took many years.”Trent looks the man up and down. He can tell that it took many years—the man looks ancient! “Have you been in business long?” he asks, feeling a little backed into a corner.. She laughed uncontrollably, falling into me. Would you keep it down? I asked her, starting to laugh myself. Her laughing was making her whole body move up and down. They know for sure now, so why not just keep going, She said, giggling. Hold on, She said, turning around. She put her feet a foot or so from the edge of the shower and bent over some bracing her hands up against the wall. Ok, She said, turning back to me and smiling. Her glistening lips were inviting me. I couldnt say no. I. Guy can only eat so much. The day wound down and as tired as I was I didn’t want it to end. Mom and Dad said good night leaving Mary and I on the couch.“Let’s watch the Thin Man.” “Oh Wow, we still have that.”When we were young we found several old Thin Man movies. “Like the old days, you are William Powell and I am Myrna Loy.”Mary laughed with kinda a funny smile.We sat down on the couch like we always did. I stretched out on the long L andMary lay across the other section. She threw a. I followed Leo into the house, and up the stairs that led towards the bedrooms. He veered off to his own room without comment. Silently, I trudged up the next flight of stairs that led to my bed. While getting into my pajamas, I stared at the wetness still clinging to my panties. Holding them between my fingers, seeing the mark, smelling the muskiness, I knew it wasn’t an act on my part. But what about him? Did I just destroy over 10 years of friendship? Crawling into bed, I tried to push it.