" I stammered. She smiled and started talking. "I'm so embarrassed that you saw this. It's just that since my husband left .......and with two kid... it's hard to find time to date........and with two kids it's hard to find someone who wants to date me......well...." I interrupted her and said "Hey, really, don't worry about it." I felt sorry for her because she looked pretty miserable. "You don't have to explain it at all really, there's nothing to be ashamed about." Irene sighed,. Thank you very much."Our eyes met and locked. We'd both just accomplished something weneeded to do - he had put our relationship back on a normal basis anddeferred to me in front of the class, and I had stood up and answered aquestion no one else could. The surge of confidence was so incredible Iwanted to scream.After class, Caitlin and Madison, both of whom were in my class,cornered me in the hallway. "What just happened in there?" She is woman, hear her roar," intoned Jenna, who had come up. .. all of it. He wanted both lives! But both lives wereimpossible. Was Mel really asking him to make a choice? It was animpossible decision. And wasn't that what the bet was about, hertraining him... forcing him... to do things to rob him of his male life?It wasn't about making things easy for her... he didn't think so anyway. And he really did want the pool table and all the other stuff.And what about the one big item, his self respect? What about that?What about walking down the street. With both of your arms tied, I move and stand at the bottom of the bed, looking at your naked body, exposed and tied below me. I keep looking at you for what seems like an age, and see you blush as you see my eyes roaming your body, whilst you feel so vulnerable. I sense the urge you have to close your legs, and say nothing, waiting to see what you will do. Eventually I sense your legs moving, millimetre by millimetre, and turn away from the bed, over to the table on the other side of the room..