’ ‘Almost flawless?’ Sarah asked with one eyebrow raised. ‘Well, in this case I think that she’s made one serious error,’ said Stanley. �...What’s that?’ Sarah asked looking concerned. ‘I think that she seriously over estimated my abilities as lover.’ ‘Not by much.’ ‘Thank you, but I think,’ said Stanley, ‘that she believed that an afternoon with me might drive a wedge between you and Biff.’ ‘Why would she want to do that?’ Sarah said, ‘I thought she was my friend.’ ‘She is,’ said Stanley, ‘but in. Getting up, they dressed; stopping to kiss and caress each other after each piece of clothing was put back on.They gathered their horses and mounted up, going their separate ways home. They did not speak of meeting again nor get telephone numbers. Instinctively, they knew that this had been a magical moment, one they would never find again. It was a moment to treasure for the rest of their lives.She realized she didn’t even know his name but she knew his face and his body intimately, that was. Really wants you. And thinks I should share.” Beth paused. “Maybe I should.”“What?” I said. “You want me to sleep with your roommate?”Beth still avoided my eyes. “No. Not want. But maybe you need to get her out of your system too. Or maybe she’s who you really want. And if you two are going to wind up together, it’s better it happens now. It… it hurts too much when it happens later.”I was quiet while I absorbed it all. I reached across and touched Beth’s hand. “I have no intention of sleeping. Instead of that, I had been working off my frustration two ways, at the gym which, at least keeps me in shape, and with my hand, a poor substitute for the real thing.So, on a Friday night, I went out to a local watering hole I knew and stationed myself with a bottle of "Whatever-Lite" beer and watched the crowd. I noticed right off that the crowd seemed less than it used to, probably due to all the new martini bars that were even more popular than tapas bars these days.Just before ten, as I.