”My smile died. It was debatable if I’d ever express any emotion whatsoever with my mouth again. She wrinkled up her nose in the most adorable fas...ion possible. “You should meet Ravi. I think you two would get along.”She extended her hand. “I’m Seema.”I shook her hand. It was so soft, so precious.“That’s a very pretty name. I’m Depesh.”Her smile had never left her face. Feeling the awkwardness, I decided to make up an excuse to leave. “Well, I just wanted to greet you. My wife would have come. ‘Look, I don’t know why you feel like you need to hide this from me but Eloise was pretty sure she saw the two of you leave the club together. She said Max practically dragged you out and you didn’t appear to protest in any way which is why she didn’t choose to interfere.’ I opened my mouth to explain but Kylie cut me off. ‘And I also saw the way that boy was checking you out the entire time he was dancing with us- like some hungry orphan, eyeing a delicious treat.’ ‘I… ummm… Well, he… ummm.’. Nicole knew more than Dr. Dornan realized.Andrea also asked Nicole about Sam and what she thought of him."I like him a lot," Nicole said. "He's very brave." I would think he would think the very same about you," Andrea said."But he lives as Sam all of the time," Nicole answered. "I don't live asNicole all of the time." How would you feel about living as Nicole all of the time?" Andreaasked."I want to be Nicole all the time," Nicole said. "I am Nicole all of thetime. I just have to dress as. She stood in the hall, shaking, her teeth chattering."You wait right there," he said. "How long is it going to be?" They said half an hour. The f-f-fucking roads are slippery."He sighed, then went back into the kitchen, poured himself another drink, then after a hesitation, said, "Shit" under his breath and poured a second glass. He handed that to her and went into the living room. He sat on a stuffed chair, the fire to his face, his back to her. He bent his head and looked at his drink."So.