What am Isupposed to understand?" You tell me," he answered. "You said you felt the power of somethingbeautiful, the warmth of a man's touch, the sens...ality of being a woman,and yet now you are trying not to act like one." I don't want to be one." Yes. You keep saying that but I don't believe it. La vita ? piena disorprese--life is full of surprises."I wanted to throw my drink in his face but I needed it inside me evenmore. As I slugged it down, I thought "I'm being unladylike," but Ididn't. I’ll make sure of it.”We said ‘goodbye’ and Jessica and I walked out to my car for the drive back into the city.“You stayed really calm, all things considered,” I said as I turned right onto Washington Street.“But you know how I was on the inside. I turned on my ‘Doctor Jessica’ mode and just kept it on until we crashed at the hotel last night. Doctor Washington was confident, so I was confident.”“I trust him with my life,” I said. “Literally. So what’s your opinion?”She shrugged slightly, “I’m. There’s a Silver Star hanging in a corner of his office at the hospital.’ ‘A Silver Star? What’s that?’ ‘A medal two steps down from the Medal of Honor. They treat him like a hero because that’s what he is.’ ‘Wow. You’d never know it, would you?’ ‘That’s how he likes it.’ ‘So what do you do there?’ ‘I’m a surgical nurse.’ ‘How did you get into that?’ The conversation flowed from there into our histories and hopes for the future, and before we knew it the catering staff was shutting things down.. .. noom," Sue pleaded muffledly into his mouth, as she struggled to protect herself. Allowing them both to kiss her was one thing, but she couldn't permit this total stranger, even if he was a buddy of Hub's, to reach under her dress and touch her where only her husband had the right to put his hand.Sue had no choice in the matter, however, because Hub soon came to the aid of his lecherous pal. With his strength, it required small effort for him to grasp Sue's dimpled knees and spread them.