Although since Roger left she’d learnt that what was apparently normal and what men actually got up to were not necessarily the same things. Heathe... spun around on the stiletto heels that seemed most appropriate when you wore Scarlet Dream’s lingerie. It was a perfect fit. She was still a very good-looking woman, as Gerry always reminded her (and Roger very rarely did). The evidence of the caesarean section was almost completely invisible. Her waist was trim as a result of all the exercise. She always smiled and spoke each time we passed each other, now calling me Phil if we were alone, Doctor Colvin, if we weren't. And her smiles seemed different from the way she smiled at other people on the floor. Maybe it was what I wanted to read into it but I don't think it was. Then, after lunch one day the next week, I was at the nurse's station filling out some orders on a patient's chart when she came up to my side and asked, "Some of us are going out for a drink after work, would you. “Have you been out here long?” ‘I wonder what she wants,’ Tanya wondered. ‘I think she’s wanted to talk to me all day.’“I’m sorry,” Lisa said quietly.“Why are you sorry, darling?” Tanya asked. Lisa looked sad – a very grown-up look for a two-year-old. “I hurt you,” Lisa said, frowning as she tried to express herself with words.“What do you mean, you hurt me?” Tanya asked, squatting down on her heels. Lisa was an adorable child, Tanya realized. ‘If Béla had ever been little, she would’ve looked. "George was a foot taller than me and 150-200 pounds heavier. He put thepackage in the trunk and went back in the store without saying a thing.The ride home was something. I was pretty silent, and Aunt Emma chatteredaway, about how pretty I was in my makeup, how great my nails looked, whata big hit I was in the adult store, how George was looking me up and down.By the time we got home, my mood was a little better. I took the box inand put it on the kitchen table. We ordered a pizza for.