" Why did you do that?" Sharon asked, glancing at the woman, but under the abaya it was impossible to see if she understood what was being said."Polit...ness mostly. I can't descend on someone without them offering a gift, and I can't refuse the gift without giving offence, and I can't accept a gift without returning the compliment. My name will be mud in the harem. Whoever is sent to that hovel, however junior she is in the hierarchy, will not be amused at all." That's exactly what I mean by. “No,” she laughed.She pushed me away and swam to the other side of the pool. She got out and reached for her phone. I swam over and got out behind her to see her finishing a text and sending it.“Fuck buddy?”She turned, slightly angry, before a smile broke on her face. It was only an instant but I caught it. I always do.“What did you tell him you are doing?”“Spending the night with my friend.”“Oh so you are staying the night?” I asked with my eyebrow arched.She laughed. “Not with you, boy.”She. There would be one more week of wrap-up after the students were gone. That would be for Bob's evaluation of Cecelia, and for her to write the reports required by the evaluation board back at her university. Because of the way things had worked out, once her student teaching was successfully accomplished, she would have one more semester of college to complete before she graduated. And because of THAT, she was in a position to apply for jobs now. There were always positions vacated mid year, for. The following weekend, Becky came to babysit again, my wife and I got ready and went out locally with some other couples. My wife had nothing to eat before we went out, and I tried to keep an eye on her drinking, but before I knew it she was being loud and dancing, making a bit of a show of herself. Not that I minded as it was good to see her enjoy herself, but I knew that it would be followed by a compulsion to drink even more and probably end up with her causing an argument. I kept on her.