My nipples tingled. I needed him so badly. Where was he? What was taking so long? Didn't he know that I needed him? I lightly touched my nipples throu...h my thin cotton shift, the only thing I was wearing. Their hardness gave testimony to the intensity of my desire. Dinner was warm on the stove, but I knew that I would probably have to reheat it. No way would I delay the ultimate physical pleasure for simple nourishment. I knew I should feed him first, but the throbbing in my nether regions. I was at the patio by twelve twenty, in time for the soup to still be warm. Today was some kind of tomato vegetable that was very good. I made a big sandwich and ate quickly as I had something I wanted to get done. The conversation was light, fun, and warm. I told Martin where I was going and said, "I'll finish that, then work on yours. Hopefully, I can get everything taken care of for her."Martin frowned and followed me outside the patio, he said, "I heard several men have said they would help. Ours, too; and I couldn’t get that conversation with Kayla out of my mind. It had seemed innocent and funny at the time, but now that the time for our ‘date’ was getting so close, I wondered…Earlier in the week, we’d asked the kids if they’d rather spend Saturday night with Joanie or Nicki and Livvy, warning them that Nicki might be busy. They love their babysitter, but… she doesn’t have Livvy. Livvy had quickly become their best friend. And we weren’t surprised by their answer. Addie called. He said he’s from IIT.”I had no idea who that was, but had Kimmy put the call through.“Steve, this is John Gildeah. I’m on the nomination committee for the IIT Alumni organization and we’d like you to consider serving.”“I’m honored, but I’m not sure that I can handle the time commitment to fill an important role like that. Between my business and family, I just don’t have a lot of spare time at this point.”“It’s really only a few hours every three months for board meetings,” he said.“And.