Damn Robert, I wished you’d told me at the time.’ ‘I’ve just explained that. I didn’t know if it was true.’ ‘So you tested the waters by...making a pass at me – just in case I was aware he was having an affair.’ She shook her head in frustration. ‘Men!’ ‘It wasn’t like that … at the time it seemed the right thing to do. I had no intention of making love to you. I only wanted to hold you while we talked. Then, as you seemed to melt in my arms … as I smelt your fragrance, I couldn’t stop.’ He took. AMA meant against medical advice which also meant my insurance would not cover the bill.I kept her at my house for a few days until it was time to pick my youngest daughter up from camp. I took Wendy back to her house and I took the girls back to mine. I was scheduled to be in a couple of meetings in Phoenix the next day, so I took the kids with me. I always stayed at the Embassy Suites in Carrolton and got a ground floor room with easy access to the pool. They were okay being alone here. You cannot cater to one student. Here, let me see that book." She gives me the book, and our hands touch for a brief instant. I flip though it, and find the "romanitc bit" that she was speaking of. After I read it, I throw back my head and laugh. "Seniora, this book is too old for you," I say, and give it back. "No, it isn't," she says, her forehead knotting. "Oh really, Seniora? How old are you, then?" She blushes. "Seventeen. I'll be eighteen in seven months." Sophia seems eager to instill. At the top of the stairs, she encounters alarge round mirror in a yellow frame in which she sees a silver image: abeautiful young woman who, except for her baldness, resembles theprincess herself. Intrigued, the princess points a finger toward thelooking-glass, touching its surface, which ripples as if it were water.Suddenly, the surface forms a whirlpool-like cone that sucks the princessinto another dimension.Except for occasional round, white, translucent bubbles, there is noscenery at all.