It is my neighbor from across the hall, the only person I know in NewYork except the few people from work. Diana is a big woman, who I knowis probably...also alone this Christmas Eve. She has watched my catbefore when I had to leave for business and we have talked over beersand watched a movie together, but that's been it. We would make a weirdlooking couple with her over six feet tall and me barely five feet."One minute," I say, scrambling to find my jeans to cover my pinkpanties. I smile for a. ”“Sounds perfect,” muttered Liz, wanting to get out of Amanda’s house as fast as possible. There was just something about Amanda that made Liz uncomfortable, even more so than her sister. She was already starting to regret her decision to come with her sister.The door opened and Amanda stepped back to let the two women inside, whistling at the outfit Susie was wearing. “Damn girlfriend, you looking to get fucked?”Liz just rolled her eyes and found her way to the couch where she sat down. He’s a New York lawyer, and an Orthodox Jew to boot. We got married six months ago.” She looked at the deck. “He doesn’t know about Cheyenne, either, so please don’t say anything.” (Cheyenne was her daughter’s name.) “The only way his family would accept our marriage was to convince them I was still a virgin.” “You got married six months ago and his family thought you were still a virgin?” I asked. “What are they blind or something? How could a woman as spectacular as you still be a virgin?”. You can drive asfast as you want in this town." Then he again clasped my hands in hisand asked, "Will you forgive me? I'd really do anything for you if youwould." We'll see about that," I replied coyly. I looked at my watch and saidunhappily "God, it's time for me to go back to that hellhole and talk tothose idiots in the principal's office. I have to get my transcriptsstraightened out." What do you mean, I thought you were the academic superstar," heprotested."I am. But I'm Alexandra Rivers.