She has hosted parties at our home a few times and on that occasion I was allowed to watch the action. Now back to the new year party, I wasn't invite... in fact non of the husbands where allowed to be at the party. I asked my wife who was serving the drinks if no husbands where allowed? She said that Mattie ( the hostess ) had hired a couple of guys to tend bar. The day of the party I sat on the bed and talked with my wife while she was getting ready. She had gone and had her roots touched up. “I need a good soak in the whirlpool after I finish my arm routine, since Dave said I could stay a while after I closed up how would you like to join me?” Without any hesitation at all Steve accepted my offer and we continued our arm routines. As I was sitting on a bench doing curls with my measly fifteen pound weight Steve came up and sat down right behind me, legs straddling the bench as he got close enough I could feel the heat radiating off his body. He said softly in my ear, “Let me show. I was swept off my feet with the elegance with which he was doing everything. Soon the aroma of the candles hit me. And for the first time we looked each other in the eye. He passed me a smile. For the first time I took complete notice of his face and trust me he was charming. Not a typical hunk but he was a ‘Man’s man’. His smile was not creepy and he just said hello! There are moments which are clear signals. This was my moment I knew that he was a trustworthy guy.Kritika came out in a towel.. "Did you make this?" I asked, touching her sleeve."Most of it," she said proudly. 'I haven't learned how to fit and tuck to do the bodice right. I'm learning." Are you happy?"She nodded.We ate and drank and enjoyed the warmth and smell of the place."Has that big man bothered you?" I asked. I worried up his name: "Tolliver?"She shook her head."Anybody else?"She shook her head again with a grin. "And I haven't swived a man since you left town either," she said. "Nary a one, for fun or profit.".