His mind drifted back to winters past, learning to ski, he and his wife, the first one, taking their new baby to the snow in a perambulator fitted wit... skis instead of wheels, how proud they had been of her, and of the two sons who followed. Proud until he returned home to a note saying it had all ended, ‘Don’t come looking for me’. It had been an almost sexless marriage, completely frustrating, starting with high hopes and an emotion mistaken for love, and ending in acrimony and divorce. Best. I did try to remember what I knew of Enid and Ray, but it wasn't an awful lot. Ray was some sort of travelling salesman, which meant he was away a lot, though how much a lot was, I didn't know. Enid did work in a DIY store, part time I thought and they had two kids of a similar age to mine, but that was it. Nor was I entirely sure if I even fancied Enid, though a certain part of my anatomy begged to differ, different was different after all.The dancing began again and everyone joined in after. ‘It’s me. I can’t trust my own judgement. I spent all those years with Daniel, believing everything he told me, believing all his lies. How could I have not seen what was happening, what he was doing? How could I have been so stupid? I let him treat me like a fool. I was a fool.’ ‘Oh no, babe.’ Having neither seen nor heard him approach, I gasped as Luke’s arms swept around me, his voice gentle in my ear. ‘No, no, no. You’re nobody’s fool. He was the fool. He didn’t deserve you, darling, d’you. All I could do was hold her and let her get it out. She wanted me to tell her a story and I tried that. I finally got her to sleep." I'll bet you'll get some more 'Goodwill' when you go back! Where did you learn how to be so caring?" My Mom taught me and sent me to the shrink." I was again blushing.We each took one of the double beds and I kissed her before turning out the lights and taking off my pants. Our bags being at the airport, we had no nightclothes except our underwear. Shortly, I.