Cheerfully, I packed up my locker. Even the dirty looks from Hilda couldn’t dampen my spirits. As I left the room for the last time, I turned and bl...w her a kiss from the doorway. I’m pretty sure she flinched like I had physically struck her. Nothing was going to ruin this for me. Not even her. Leo met me in the foyer, holding his own bag, jingling the keys to our new room.The desk worker gave us a knowing smile and went back to reading his magazine. We walked down the hallway, hand in hand,. We gave each other little smiles as I came and went the next day. I had dinner with Rachel, another consultant about my age who crossed paths with me from time to time. Even though she was married, she invited me to her room as she had often done before and we had a good round of sex, made the better by familiarity. I made sure to get back to my room by ten.Shilpa immediately bared to the waist. I asked her how her husband had reacted to her actions with me the night before. She seemed. Dating, mating, joining, growing old together – all of it there as if our story was written. “At some point, we’ll need to talk if any of that is to come true!” I thought.My mind went into overdrive. “He’s almost here! Say something – anything. Is he trying to talk? He’s thinking of what to say. I can see it. Should I say something? Why doesn’t he say something? Say something! SAY SOMETHING!”“I’m sorry.” He mumbles in a throaty masculine voice. “I know I keep staring at you, and this is going. ‘There’s nothing you can say to make me forgive you for what you did,’ she continued. Paul could see the tears coursing down her face as she strode from one spot to another, picking up item after item only to send them crashing to the floor. ‘I’m not here to try and apologize,’ he said, matter of factly. ‘I’m here to tell you thank you. Thank you for being there for Julie for all those years, and thank you for being there for me.’ ‘You bastard!’ she screamed, ‘Donna called. She told me all.