”“Of course it is!”The two men and one woman from the foreign ministry gathered everyone and walked with us to the baggage claim, and then direc...ed us to a bus which would take us to the Oktyabrskaya Hotel. A renovation was underway, but the hotel was in full operation. It took some time to get everyone checked in, and by the time that was done, Dima and Vanya had arrived to host a dinner in the hotel ballroom.“Do you remember being here, Jesse?” I asked.“Yes. We had the dinner with my Army. A surprise, I say. But I have only one request of you - bring your wet panties with you. I wait. Five minutes. Ten. Fifteen. Then I look out the window and see you in the parking lot. Nobody else is here yet, and I go downstairs and let you in the building. I lead you in a hurried fashion upstairs. There is not much time before other staff arrive for work. I shepherd you into my office and lock the door behind us. I ask to see your wet panties. You retrieve them from a plastic grocery bag and. He smirked. Stepping to the table, he stared at the cue, then at some other ball. He seemed to be concentrating quite hard. A quick glance at the bank then at some such pocket. A smooth, quick stoke with the pool cue and the white ball surged forward, banking nicely and striking the four, which then careened off into the corner pocket. Taking his position behind the cue again, he slipped as he moved the cue stick and pushed the ball sideways. ‘Oops,’ he said, grinning at her. ‘Clumsy me.’ That. !!!!The words were still echoing in my mind when I mumbled my confusedassent and she hung up.Late afternoon a week later, I drove up the dusty gravel drive toJanet's B&B. My mind had been spinning with erotic anticipation thewhole way, I was sweaty and rumpled from driving all those hours in anstuffy business suit, the unfamiliar feel of my freshly-shaved skin (allover, just as Jeri had said) was driving me crazy, and to make mattersworse, my Air Conditioner had conked out nearly an hour ago.I.