" This is a shame, non? Perhaps one day you will be meeting someone and choosing to stay in one place?" I think they'll have to be prepared to move wi...h me." Then you may always be alone." Not alone. I've had my share of girlfriends." He leaned across the cabinet. "There's this American girl called Ruth. She was working for me in the Rome office. I swear..." He sucked in a breath through his teeth and shook his head."Quoi? Allez." I shouldn't. It wouldn't be very discreet." Ah, oui, discrétion.. I still had to clean up and doctor my road rash. I did it downstairs then sat in my gym shorts and tee while I applied the antibiotic cream from the safe house’s first aid kit to my rash.After a liberal dose of Aspirin and Tylenol I headed off to bed to give it a chance to work. The first thing I did after climbing the stairs was to trip the switch and lift the stairs behind me. The staircase lift was Ed’s idea. I liked it because the downstairs men wouldn’t have easy access to the women. “You mean you’d be OK with me having sex with someone else besides yourself?” Danny asked. “As long as I know who it is and approved,” I responded. “I am not a swinger,” Danny quickly responded. “Neither am I,” I replied. “I’m just grasping for straws, something to spice things up a bit.” Danny didn’t say anything in response. I figured the subject matter was dead until several hours later, as we were working together in the backyard cleaning out flower beds, she asked. “So who want to have. Seated beside us was a young man,probably in his late twenties,eating alone.As he was speaking to a server,i noticed his southern drawl and asked where he was from, west virginia ,he replied,and shook my hand,introducing himself.I'm Dustin,nice to meet you.I'm al and this is my wife,Karen,i said.He was up here for work,and staying at a nearby hotel,and didn't know anyone in the area.We talked for a while about the typical things strangers talk about,the weather,the game playing on the big.