It was odd how it had developed. Ever since the last port, which shedidn't remember so well, things had gotten a little hazy. In fact, shehad trouble ...emembering anything before the stop. What she did rememberwas waking up and seeing Scoley's pretty blue eyes and gasping withsheer ecstasy.Her mind had spiraled into a strange whirl for a long time, as if allher thoughts were busy shifting positions, lining up, holding giantcards with letters, rearranging. She didn't know what the final. But it wasn't all paradise. I felt pangs of jealousy, now that I wasn't the only man in her life. I started noticing that, while Jen always dressed great whenever she knew she was going to see Ralph, she didn't seem to care as much about her appearance when she knew she'd only be with me. With Ralph, she'd always wear dresses and skirts, stockings and heels. She'd spend a lot of time on her hair and makeup, even if they'd only be seeing each other for an hour in the morning, to carpool to the. It was entirely my own idea to come ... s-so I hope you won't say anything to him about it." Well, now, is that a good idea, for a nice little wife to keep secrets from her husband?" he drawled, but from his understanding smile Sally knew he was only teasing her. In fact, his easy-going informality was putting her more and more at ease, so she plunged on."No, of course it isn't, but I guess wives have always interfered a little bit ... when they thought it was necessary. You see, I understand. We chatted day and night over WhatsApp for a week.We flirted with each other, exchanged selfies. From subtle flirting, we progressed to sharing sexual experiences and fantasies. I knew a lot of things about her which is important if you want to get close. Her relationship with her engineer bf was falling apart as he was getting close to someone at his workplace. Her relationship with her parents was not good. After a week’s chatting she said that she wished she knew me earlier, as she was able.