”My dread just increases as I think back to the events of last night and the way I turned Olivia down. If the next thing she finds out about me is t...at I’m fucking her ex-wife, we’re all doomed on this account.“What do you mean?” Jackie asks.“Olivia asked me to come up to her room last night and I told her no.”Jackie’s eyes widen for a moment as she sits there and takes in what I just told her. “Jesus. That makes this more complicated,” she says as I just nod back. “Do I need to tell all these. That’s you, Tori.’ ‘You never even met me before the other night!’ Love didn’t happen that way, did it? ‘True, but I’ve seen you for years now. Every night as I walk home from the office, I go past this shop, and every night I see you in here alone. The first thing I noticed about you is how your hair has this reddish glow in the lights. Then I saw how careful you are about arranging things, and how much you seem to like being here most of the time. Except this time of year. Valentine’s Day. ‘Hello, cake,’ he said jokingly. ‘Hello, ice cream,’ she answered, and they both smiled at the memory of the conductor’s words on the train. They kissed again, then turned and walked arm-in-arm toward baggage claim. They maintained some kind of physical contact all the way through baggage claim and out the door to the parking lot, talking the whole time. The simile the conductor had used was quite apt, they were as natural a couple as could be imagined. Eileen led him to her car, a red Lexus. By now we were panting and the girl on the music was moaning with us. We stood up and I rolled her T shirt till up to her neck. Her tight globes broke free and I reached down to kiss them. Her hands removed my shirt and was clutching my hair and pinching my nipples. They grew hard. Indu led me to the bed and pushed my back. I fell with my feet still on the floor. Kneeling between my thighs, she started kissing my chest and licked my nipples. Her wet tongue trailed downwards and into my navel..