I felt a shiverof fear crawl dine my spine. I checked the rest of my mailand got to work. I tried to bury myself in my work, but thethought of Vince, ...is promises, and the certainty thattonight would be a repeat of last night dwelled in the backof my mind.I tried to keep my nose clean, but it didn't work. Duringmy break, I checked the want-ads for a new job, then leftthe paper on my desk when I got back to work. It wasgetting close to noon, and I was getting ready to leave forthe afternoon when. I’d be --”“Rosa! Language!” The oldest woman among the group stood, her expression angry.Rosa stopped dead in her tracks at the admonition. “Sorry, Mother Valencia.” Rosa deflated as her natural mirth left her.“How many times have I told you to watch your mouth? Go outside to the altar, and start saying Hail Marys. You will remain there until called.”“Yes, Mother.” The room fell silent, the only sound the sad clicking of Rosa’s heels as she walked down the hall to the kitchen. Everyone heard. Ms. Konstanty apologized again, and after checking her notes found the document verifying my claim. At that point I suggested we meet and as it was fairly late in the workday that perhaps the following day would be better for the both of us.Ms. Konstanty agreed, and asked if a restaurant on East Broad Street called East-West Bistro would be satisfactory. Not knowing anything about it, I accepted and agreed to meet her at 11:30 the next morning.Wanting to appear as old as possible under the. “After the other night when you and Adriana spent the night, we’ve been doing a lot of talking.”Uh-oh, what the hell? She went on very quietly and with a nervous voice, “Ethan says he wants me to go further than we did that night.” Now she started talking fast, “I talked to Adriana about it, but I told her I couldn’t stand the thought of Ethan with another woman, so she said she was going to be gone this weekend and suggested I call you and ask if you’d spend a night… with me… in my bed,” her.