This is war!No it's not, I conclude half an hour later when I AGAIN can't keep my mind on my work. I manage to make it till ten o'clock, then, on the ...retext of going on a break, head downstairs, purportedly to go outside to "clear my head and get some sun." Just who am I trying to fool? There he is, still on the first floor, hammering on something and with his shirt off, sexier than ever. And I have to walk by him to get to the benches on the patio! I keep my eyes down (easy to do—it's. I grabbed my coat and pulled it over my arms. I then walked over and slipped my shoes quickly onto my feet. If he was leaving, he was not going to be leaving without me, that was for damn sure. “Fine,” he admitted to losing. “But don’t expect me to be in a good mood about it.” ________ The hotel we ended up at was kind of shady but my father was never into spending money when it was not important. I would have been happier with a nicer room, one that did not look like people could have died in. While Carol opened up and told of her loveless marriage, one thing led to another, and Carol had kissed the Christi's lips, softly and lingering. Christi began to cry, wrapped her arms around her new friend to thank her for being there, then she promptly left. The next day they met for supper at a fine restaurant, where Carol had suggested returning home for a nightcap. To her surprise her friend agreed. Carol tried and succeeded in seducing the younger woman until they were both here.Almost. I’ll meet you there at noon’, and hung up. Jim set the phone down on the receiver. He was glad that he’d called her. He would get to talk to her—explain away his omission of the previous night. She would understand why she shouldn’t be upset with him and all would be well again. They could be just like they were before he’d made his awful blunder. He would fix everything, just like when he would help his fraternity brothers with derivatives and integrals. There was, however, a single nagging.