Decision time was rapidly approaching. If I didn't get really lucky quick, I was going to have to strip down and quit, or auction something off. I won...ered about the possibility of... "You in?" Oh!" I'd been daydreaming. 5 cards were face down in front of me. "Is anything wild?" Wake up. You're about to lose all your clothes and all your money, and you're not even here," said Kathy. Deuces are wild, and you need to put in three white chips."I picked up my cards and fanned them slightly. "I'll. I could not avoid the avalanche of ad images inmagazines, on billboards and TV. Slim women, perfect women withstatuesque figures and faces smoothed into flawlessness by PhotoShop. Itdidn't matter how conscious I was of it, how much I worked torationalize it away. It made me feel self-conscious of my looks, of mynondescript features, my sagging tits and my pear-shaped figure. Bodyfascism had gone to work on my soul.Of course the moral decision would be to reject the judgment of others.Accept. Not in this decade. And maybe not the next. Really, he was doing her a favor by standing her up, showing her exactly what she could expect if she went on with her little office crush, if he gave in to her subtle flirts and took her to dinner and beyond. She was too good for him and he knew it. She was too sweet to be another regret in the morning. She deserved so much more — her kid deserved so much more. A loud bang echoed across his closed bedroom door, causing him to nearly jump out of his. His weight pressed down on her. Their fumbling hands tugged and ripped at their clothes until both were naked. Jacob visually devoured Ann Marie.The crinkle of her nipples. The triangle of hair between her legs. The gentle curve of her breasts. Those full, luscious lips. And her eyes. In the soft light of the room they glimmered.She smiled at him and then pulled him close. For the first time, their bare bodies rubbed against one another. He could feel her warmth. Her fingernails dug into his.