'Wow, this is powerful stuff', I thought. Iwas honestly surprised, and just sat there in his embrace, experiencinga tsunami new emotions and feelings...at once. Before I even realized it,he had shifted our bodies and planted a kiss right on my lips.Wow, now that was strange. I was repulsed by the fact that I waskissing Pete, but that repulsion was being balanced by other feelings ofhappiness, love (yes, love - like I've never felt before), and safety.Also, I could sense that I was getting. Realizing my misstep, I quickly added, “Sorry. That was way off base.” Said to the wrong person, a comment like that could get you fired!“That's alright.”We kept talking as the wine relaxed our inhibitions. Before I knew it, Beth began telling me about problems with her husband Frank. At first, she was rather vague, then increasingly specific. By the time our dinners arrived it was clear – they’d been married ten years and she was getting bored with their sex life.I enjoyed listening to a. I had a lot of friends in high school; neighbors, team members, drama clubbers, etc., so, ordinarily, it would have been a no-brainer. However, three months ago, my wife passed, and I was still getting used to living by myself again. As I said, I gave it a lot of thought and ultimately concluded that this would probably be the last time I saw many of these people. Hey, we’re not getting any younger! I booked a room at the hotel in town, packed up my tooth brush and headed for my childhood home.. "Oh my god Michele; what the fuck happened to you!" she cried, genuineconcern in her voice.She got up from behind the reception desk and came over to me butwouldn't touch me."Wait here," she said and went over and locked the door through which Ihad just entered.She disappeared inside the door to the workrooms and came back a fewseconds later with a sheet, which she wrapped around me. Now she put herarm around me and then led me to the workroom door."Come on sweetie let's get you cleaned up. .