“No, I’d be terribly uncomfortable, I think – at least at first; but that’s one more reason to do it. I want to challenge myself… and Derek ...hinks I could do it, and he’s so very talented.” She paused and leaned in to kiss me on the temple. “And it’s very exciting, don’t you think?” She knew what I thought, of course; she could see the bulge in my pants quite easily, as could Derek, I’m sure. I’d developed a pretty good ‘poker face’ over the years, to keep my feelings hidden while negotiating. Whatever-your-name-is, I am real uncomfortable with this, very uncomfortable, I guess you can tell that already... that I am uncomfortable, I mean," she stammered. "I mean, not with you, I mean, you seem to be a nice guy and all, but I mean, I have only been married a few days and I didn't want to do this anyway... all my life, I've been a good girl, a very good girl... I mean, I have never... well, that doesn't matter... anyway, so I don't think I can do this, I mean, no offense, you know,. .. Oh. Hello.”Mélanie was feeling even more taken aback, if that were possible. She looked around rapidly for her blouse, feeling rather naked in front of this woman, but she had used it to prop up Sonny. Getting up, she lifted Sonny up at the same time, holding him in front of her so that her breasts were at least partly hidden. The woman seemed to notice her unease.“Don’t worry... ce n’est ... rien? C’est pas grave. It is nothing. My name is Heather – these apple trees are mine. The car, the. It was all I could do to get out my response, "I would love your company." After I made the comment, I wanted to just die. I had not meant to be that forward but he looked at me as if nothing was wrong. He turned and as we started walking together, he looked over at me and said, "My name is Howard. I hate the name so I usually ask to go by my nickname." I am Susan, and what is your nickname." AC." He replied."AC? You mean like the letters A and C but said together?" Yep." Why?" Well, it was my.