"Your dad and I are going out tonight and I just wondered." I wondered a few things myself. Like would dad be taking her to any of the places she went...to when he was gone and what might happen if he did and one of mom's fuck buddies decided to say hi.I had my head buried in the Calc book when the doorbell rang. I opened the door to and was surprised to find Monica standing there. "I called your mother to see where we could meet tonight and she told me that she couldn't go with me. She told me. My name is Sloane. Four months ago, my life changed completely. I fell in love with a boy who was twenty plus years my junior. I had just turned forty-five and thought any chance of finding true love had long pass me by. Life had other plans I guess. Me and this boy fell for each other pretty fast, and pretty hard. The second time we hung out we ended up having sex. Really, really, really good sex. I tell him all the time that was the day before I became a new woman. A lot has happened since I. ’ She threw the brush back into her purse and walked out. She slid back in to the table, seeing the first course already arrived. A wonderful smell, was that lavender? ‘New menu item,’ he said. ‘Lavender soup.’ ‘Good stuff,’ she said. ‘If you don’t like it you can bathe in it.’ ‘Maybe they do. The waitress smelled pretty flowery. So did the Maître d’, for that matter.’ ‘Is that what you do in France? Take baths of lavender and wine?’ ‘Oh, yeah. If by lavender you mean soap, and by wine you. You don't need to knock. Come in." I stepped aside to let her in. It was easy to see where Cassie inherited her body from. Mary was, at five-feet six, a slender woman. Her body told the tale of childbirth with slightly wider hips and curves, but she was slender and small-breasted and really quite graceful."I wonder if we could talk," she said."Sure. Coffee?" I asked holding an empty mug up. She nodded. I poured, the aroma of rich full-bodied coffee delighting my senses. I put the bowl of cereal.