As flatmates go, they weren't so bad, I guess. Mark was a graphicdesigner for a serious magazine that I'd never read -quiet and a bitintense, he worke... from home even before the pandemic, usually dressed ina faded t-shirt and baggy jeans. But at least he kept in pretty goodshape, and never complained about my monthly houseparties, so he wasn't atotal loss. We'd got stoned together a few times in the early days, andhe genuinely seemed interested in my stories of the fashion world.Cat, on the. She asked me if Helen and I had had a good time when we went out the other night.“Oh, sure,” I said. “We spent the night catching up and reminiscing and laughing about it all.”“So you won’t be getting back together I take it,” she replied.“Oh no, nothing like that. It would be hard to try to have a relationship on two different continents!”“Yes, I believe it would. And Helen hasn’t had a steady guy for several years and I think she prefers it that way.”As we ran, the topic of discussion became. I told her she was being silly and that there were many men who would be turned on by her and would want to fuck her. I suggested that she needed to be naked in front of more guys to get confidence so a naturist beach would be ideal setting --- it would be nudity in front of people we didn’t know. She said she couldn’t do that. I continued to kiss and caress her and we laid on the bed. My hard on was now pointing at the ceiling. To my surprise my wife then asked why I thought other guys would. .." Waldo interjected. "...but I...I don't have alot of money on me. Not enough to stay anyplace, anyway...and I don'tknow anyone here."The woman arched an eyebrow. "Well, that's pretty stupid of you," Shechided. "You should have had standby funds in case something like thishappened. So now, your plan is to freeze to death out here?"Waldo sighed out, seeing his own breath form a brief mist in front ofhis mouth. "I don't have much of a choice, do I?"The woman tilted her head to the side. "Do you.