E.”I asked him what that was and he said, “Freaked, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional.”That made me smile. Well it was kind of funny. I said, “No ...eally. I’m fine.”Then he said, “So, tell me about Monday.”I shrugged. I sat there and didn’t say anything. I guess I was trying to work out what I could say and nothing popped up as being worth saying out loud. So I sat there and didn’t say anything and he sat there watching me.All this time, I was sitting on my own with nobody to hang onto. Like I said. I chuckled and said, "No, Nicole. It's safe."At that, I turned and walked to my car thinking, Boy, that was strange. I'm not going to hear from that bitch again. That assumption turned out to be too pessimistic. At times, serendipity intervenes in a person's life, and that is what came next.The SetupThursday afternoon, five days after the lockout at Nicole's, she showed up at church. Nicole said she was there to pick up some materials for her mom's bible study group. Maybe that was true. I put the cup of half finished coffee down and walked out he door of the Starbucks in the direction Google maps said this place was in. A lot of roadworks took me across the opposite side of the street which allowed me see the large sign of the shop, Club X which let me know I was at least heading in the right direction.Finally I got to the store and walked up the stairs. The store's air con seemed to be off-line which made me break out in a light sweat just passing through the doorway. I took. " Then let me show you," he told me."What are you going to do?" I asked."Listen, he said to me. "You think like a girl,because you are one." Of course I'm a girl," I told John."You are my girl, Rob." Of course I am your girl, John." Your hair is down to your nipples."'Of course, my nearly crew cut hair is down to mynipples.' I said to myself. 'What kind of fool doeshe take me for?'"It comes down in curls." I love my hair in curls." I told him."Your face is so smooth that you never had to.