“Thanks for another great day. This is fun, isn’t it?”“Perfect”Sam yawned and Andy covered her mouth with what he was more and more regardin... as her hand. Andy started to undo their blouse, but Sam stopped him and asked if they could go through to her bedroom.“I’d like to finish the day undressing in my room, if that’s alright”They moved quietly to her room and Andy undressed them, both a little relieved to take off the corset. Andy helped Sam into her nightie and wished her goodnight.The next. He was really puzzled by the questioning.Samantha answered, “Well, things like how was she? What did you talk about? What did she wear?”“I don’t ask you those kinds of things about your dates with Calvin,” Dexter said.Samantha said, “You didn’t have to ask those questions about my first date with Calvin. You were there.”“Well, yeah. I guess so,” Dexter said.“Get on the rowing machine, and tell me all about your date. I want to know everything ... from when you picked her up, to when you took. They kept to light subjects such as the various points of interests in the valley. It was dark by the time they got back.Upon returning to his room, Mike had a message on his cell phone. It was a call from Ruthie, telling him that she was OK and her family was safe. They had a bad scare at the Mega-Center, but they got out unhurt and were safely back in Salinas.A bad scare at the Mega-Center? Mike immediately turned on the TV. Sure enough, the headline news was the morning's tragedy at the. But still, I didn’t feel ready. Still, I didn’t feel sure which way I wanted to turn. Which of the two choices I’d been given I’d finally take.Looking back, part of me wondered if this day was in some way may be inevitable. After all, if you roll the dice often enough, one day your luck will surely crap out. And ever since Jill and I had picked up the dice after more than twenty years of a conventional marriage, we seemed to have developed the unerring knack of rolling more often and more.