” “You’re moving out, you will be moving in with Greg, how is that not leaving me?” “I am not moving in with Greg; I will be staying at Greg...��s house, staying with Greg for a couple of weeks. I will still be here at times, I will still live here with you. I will just be staying with Greg for a short while. Do you understand?” “No, I don’t understand, and I don’t understand why at all.” “The why is simple, you are getting too comfortable with my affair. I told you this is my affair, and I told. . ‘It wasn’t really her speaking, of course. I wondered what message she would’ve had for me if I’d answered her question with a ‘yes’ instead. But then I realized she would have spoken the same thing. And to answer with that word would have been just another mask... It was inevitable, in the end, and these three words that passed her lips unpaused the world inside my head. Everything moved again. A long time passed during which lunch remained unmade and wine remained undrunk. I was only aware. Josh figured that he didn't have the time since he was starting his residency and needed most of his time directed toward that endeavor. It also didn't hurt that his Mother was incredibly wealthy, Josh had never really had to do anything... it was all done for him.That brings me back to my little chore here, I didn't mind cutting the lawn... in fact, it gave me time to think. It didn't hurt that once done; I'd have $30.00 in my hot little hand as well.I turned the corner and started the last. And at age eighteen, most would not have held out even an inkling of hope that it would for as long as they had to deal with her. The life of a rich and privileged was bad enough of a ‘handicap’ to deal with, when you added in her natural beauty, hope had definitely left the building. At 5′ 8′, she towered over most of her female counterparts, and over half of her male classmates were still waiting for that adolescent growth spurt. She rarely gave most of those… boys any notice. And she made.