After finding that they couldn’t have children, she had continued working, and was now a partner in a major valuation and auction house in London. T...eir work had often got in the way of finding enough time to be together, and they had drifted, not exactly apart, but just not gone forward. It was when she had found out by accident that he had a mistress in London, and had had her for many years, set up in a luxury apartment in the Barbican. They had been together in that way for years, many. Sighing, she knew that she was just torturing herself. With no one waiting for her in her room, the realization that she was going to have to pleasure herself alone was depressing. Unhooking her legs from the pool wall, she stood there a moment with her head on her arms. About to get out of the pool, she felt an arm encircle her waist and another hand cover her mouth. Panicked, she wanted to cry out. There was never any indication that someone else was in the pool. She never heard anyone come. "So forcing this on someone is easy?" asked Jessica angrily. "Look, we're trying to help you; the least you could do is beunderstanding," said the man. He sounded slightly annoyed withJessica. "Oh, I'm sorry, my life has been tossed upside-down, and youwant ME to be understanding? Yeah, that makes sense!" retortedJessica. "Whatever you did to me has changed me. I may not think ofmyself as a male any more, but it hasn't diminished my anger overwhat was done to me." "You are right,. ’ ‘Miki. I don’t want to appear a bit forward, but, er, well, er this is a double bed. You can, if you want, share it.’ I think I blushed and hurriedly went on. ‘If I need anything in the night I can just give you a kick instead of shouting out.’ ‘Well if you don’t mind sharing it with a black man,’ he said with a smile. I nearly said that I’d shared quite a bit with Robert and he’s black, but I didn’t. ‘I’m not a racist and besides, a friend of Robert’s is a friend of mine,’ I said with a.