It would, after all, be very difficult to keep the liaison a secret if there was a child. She climbed back in, he stroked her hair, and they drove off...into the dark. She had no idea where they were going, only that it was dark, and the hand not needed for driving was instead slipping up her shorts to drive her absolutely wild. Finally, finally, he stopped the car, pulled her over to him, and began to kiss her again before they opened the doors, grabbed the blanket, and ran down the little hill. ”November 7, 1989, Chicago, Illinois“Well, that’s the end, isn’t it?” I said. “I guess the next move is free elections. Not a peep from Moscow and not a single action by the East German Army or the Red Army.”“I can’t believe the entire government resigned!” Elyse said.“Krenz is still president, or whatever, but yeah it’s unbelievable. But honestly, after another huge demonstration and with all those refugees crossing through Czechoslovakia and winding up in Hof, West Germany, what choice do. Jessica and Kara were in the ‘Indian’ room, but I didn’t want company at the moment, either. I went to the kitchen and made some tea, and then went to sit in my office to drink it.“Tiger?” I heard Jessica say about fifteen minutes later. “We expected you to come back.”“I’m waiting for Stephie to call back,” I said, my voice cracking.“She’s close to the end?” Jessica asked quietly.“Yes. Jason says that they keep increasing the amount of morphine they’re giving her, and it’s close to the point. We had some sort of ESP when it came to each other. Each of us always knew what the other was thinking and we always seemed to be able to sense when the other was near.I am a traveling salesman and I'm usually on the road two weeks out of every three. Steff was an executive secretary for a manufacturing firm and had been since our two kids got old enough to go to school. Because of my occupation and the many separations that it caused Steff and I had a fantastic love life. She was always so.