“Not for me. We’ve broken every single rule we ever set for ourselves, but falling in love with someone else is a deal-breaker. I’m not willing ...o break that rule.”“Why not?” she asked. “What would it change? We would still love each other just as much, right? Love isn’t zero-sum; it’s exponential! When we had our second child, it didn’t affect how much we love our first. Same as when we had our third. I see no problem with it at all. I think it’s hot!”Although I agreed with her theory about. I purposely lean across one or the other of them, so they can only see and smell me for that moment…I be sure to make eye contact, maybe lightly brush their arm or hand, rest my hand on their back or shoulder or neck. I occasionally drop something so that I have to bend over…giving a seductive peek of the back of my thighs, the curve of my cheeks… I hear sentences trail off behind me, momentary silence until I’m upright again. Once everyone is settled I move behind you….putting my arms around. You know this means war?!" Abso-fucking-lutely. I assume, of course, that you've got an old grudge or two that you'd like to take care of? The timing couldn't be any better." Count me in — say when, say where!" Glad to hear it. Mr. DeLuca had approved a plan and we've got to follow it to the letter. If you can slightly postpone your surprise visit with John for a day or two, I'd be really grateful if you could handle one or two little smaller items first. In fact, I'll give you the honor of. I get so excited when we’re fooling around it makes me want to.”“That’s probably not the time to decide,” I grinned. “As much as I might like it, I’d hate to see you regret it afterwards. THAT would be a good way to ruin things for sure.”“Doing it?”“No, doing it and having you decide it was a bad idea or that you shouldn’t have.”“Why is life so difficult?”“I ask myself that question all the time,” I replied.July 10, 1982, West Monroe, Ohio“How did things go last night?” Jocelyn asked on.