I hate to give up hope, but I have to face reality.’ ‘I know, sorry to hear it—she was a great lady. About coming down, I think I can save you a...trip. I need to meet with a new client in Sausalito, and I thought we could meet there. You know Eddie Dawson, don’t you?’ ‘Sure. I’ve been to a couple of book signings with him and was over to his place once for barbeque. What’s his wife’s name, Nara?’ ‘Right. Anyway, I was thinking you could drive down with him. We’re meeting at a restaurant a friend. Mary, seeing the flowers, beamed. “Do you know how long it’s been since someone bought me flowers?” She held them to her nose and inhaled their fragrance. “I was wondering if you’d like to go have a drink somewhere.” I really didn’t care about the drink, but something inside of me desperately wanted to be near this woman again tonight. Mary was taken totally off guard.“I thought you were back for – ummmm – something else.” She seemed somewhat flustered. “Are you sure you want to be seen out. The students began gathering their belongings as the bell rang. Several of the girls threw me winks as they walked past my desk to leave the room. I guess I wasn't as good at hiding my discomfort as I'd hoped. Some of the guys looked at me strangely, but most just wandered outside, oblivious to the world around them.Taking a large breath to calm my heart, I looked up to see you staring into my eyes. You were the last one in the room and sat there with a smile on your soft lips that invited me. I'm not sure why tonight, but I know stuff happens. I'll check on her in a bit."Brandy responded by looking at me, moving up against me, and saying, "Then can we do that again?" to which I laughed, pushed up against her, and slid my tongue inside her mouth and proceeded to kiss her passionately, intensely, and, much to my surprise, in a way that she finally pulled back and said, "Oh holy shit. I'm getting really fucking turned on."I didn't really know what to say, considering in the past, we'd.