This pleased Michael. He liked that he wasn’t the center of attention for once. He knew however, if it were a room full of women or people who knew ...ho he was he would be getting the same attention Silk was. He wondered how she stood it. He hated it when he was looked at like that, like he was something more than just the person he was.“How do you stand the attention,” he asked her.Her heart sank, he had noticed. Please don’t be jealous, she thought, “I just ignore it. It has been this was all. He could only hope the pain was subsiding and that perhaps even she might drift off to sleep in his arms. This afternoon it would be the fulfillment of his wishes. Her breathing slowed and he could feel her fit herself into his chest to be more comfortable and although he kissed her hair behind her ear softly, he was not sure if she was asleep or in a dream like daze. He just rocked gently and thought of the joys of this plain old rocker. She had liked it the first time she saw it. It was in a. Suddenly he stopped the car and put the hood up."Best not set the neighbours' tongues wagging," he said, grinning. Whenwe arrived he drove the car directly into the garage.Indoors I resolved to behave as Jenny would, so immediately set aboutfixing the drinks and setting them down on the low table by the sofa.John had put some music on the hi-fi and was already sitting, so I satnext to him, snuggling close."Thank you for a lovely evening. I really enjoyed that, John," I said."Oh, I did too. More. “I love you,” she whispers back.“I know,” I reply as I slip my knickers on and head for the door. I can see her slump back onto the bed in frustration as I close her bedroom door behind me.----------And then it happened. I’m in my office the following Friday lunchtime when the urge takes me. I book the hotel room and phone Vicky, telling her I’ll see her in fifteen minutes.“I’m not coming. It’s over, Donna.”I freeze. My brain hears the words but I am unable to understand their meaning.“What do.