Alice smiled at me. I couldn’t believe what she was saying to me or what we were doing!“Do you… Do you want to take this fantasy to the end?” ...�� asked me Alice, blushing a little bit.“Of course!” – I said, perhaps showing more enthusiasm that I would have been politeAlice giggled nervously, took a look to her watch, and grabbed my hand.“I think we have a good half an hour before Peter arrives. But not here…Let’s go to my bedroom” – she saidThere we went, and we catched hands. We kissed. We. And yet...I had to go with him, for no other reason than I wanted to punish myself, I suppose. William loved me and now I was going upstairs, into some anonymous little room with a man whose name I might, or might not know, for no other reason than to be special for an hour or so. His eyes promised me that much at least; Valentine was a very good actor.I paid for the drinks and we walked up the stairs to the sidewalk, and I felt a momentary flash of panic. What if everyone walking past knew I. ”“We will, but first I need to take a shower and wash Trisha off my body.”“I think I’ll join you. I’d never turn down a sexy shower with my husband,” she remarked, cuddling to him.“I get tingles all over my skin thinking about us finally getting married,” he said, hugging her.“And so do I, Dan and Karen Hayward!”After a sensual shower and a family supper, Diane and Brenda modelled their new tops for Dan. “You’re going to wear those in public? Be careful that you don’t draw the wrong. When we went inside, we found Tasha talking with Elyse in the great room.“Hey, Tasha,” I said.“Can I talk to you?” she asked, as Elyse stepped aside.“Sure. What’s up?”“Privately?”I nodded and we went into the ‘Indian’ room and I shut the door. I pointed to one of the basket chairs and she plopped down. I took the one next to her.“What’s wrong?” I asked.“I think I need to quit,” she said.“What? Why? You’re doing great!”“And if you don’t want me around, you could just say so!” she said, tears.