The hotel belonged to one of those chains with "travel” in the title that you get all over the UK, next to another, larger, motorway services. I sto...d back while he checked in, listening to him say that his wife had booked a room for him, doing my best not to catch the eye of the pretty short-haired brunette behind the counter, who was probably only a couple of years older than me. I could feel myself going bright red again as these attempts failed and I saw the receptionist giving me a knowing. All the while, Chocolate continued to frenziedly paw at the comforter between her legs. He acted like an animal possessed.I returned and sat on the edge of the bed, watching the spectacle beside me.“This is our little evening ritual. When the door is open, he knows he can come in; when it’s shut, he knows I’m not in the mood.”It dawned on me that every time I came over to her house she always shut her bedroom door. I had assumed it was to give us privacy.“In the mood for what?”She pushed the. "Hello, Bob? This is Amy McMullen. You sold us our Maytag dishwasher last year and it's full of dirty water and it won't pump out." Have you tried hitting cancel and drain?" Yes, but it won't do anything. Could you come out tomorrow and take a look at it?" Sure. What time works for you, Amy?" Anytime after 8 is good. I'll be home until noon." Fine, I'll be there first thing then."Now Amy is the wife of Michael McMullen, the minister of the local Baptist church. He also teaches church. .. I mean we, uh, I didn't mean to intrude..." You didn't", I assured her as I sat up and took the towel Kalia offered. "I'm sorry if we kept you waiting, but Tina kind of had my undivided attention. I didn't realize you were here." UMmmm, is there someplace we can wait for you?" she asked."Sure", I replied. Kalia can show you. You two should get along fine. After all, she's a Queen, or an ex-Queen anyway. I'll be along shortly, unless you would like to shower with us?" Ummm, no thank you", she.