He gets up after we finished eating, and reaches to take my hand. As he helps me up, I’m shocked as he slips the wedding band off my finger and puts...it into his pocket.“Jamie??!!??”“Don’t worry, Pat. You can have it back later if you want it, but that ring is a sign that you belong to someone else. I have loved you from afar all these years and have no intention of borrowing you now. If I had been willing to settle for an affair with you, I could have talked you into it a long time ago, and I. I spent half the afternoon teaching Jake that stuff." I don't have your phone number," she said, though her body language also clearly showed she wouldn't have dared call even if she did have it."No, but you know where I live. And as to my number, here it is," I said and wrote both our landline and my mobile number on a scrap of paper. "Can I have yours?" I don't have my own mobile phone and we have no landline," she said miserably."But what if you mother wants to get hold of you?" I. I dared not to disobey, so I ran into the house and straight up to my room. I sat on my bed and waited. What was going to be my punishment? My daddy has always been extremely strict and I generally gave him no reason to do more then maybe yell at me. I was a straight A student, I came home on time, and I never even went on a date before tonight. The anticipation of his arrival could have been enough punishment for the night. I just waited, and the fear grew inside of me, and the regret. I. "That's all you're wearing?" Jack asked as he looked past her to check his own hair."Just want to keep you guys thinking," she said. She took his hand, ran it down her bottom, and smiled seductively. "I want you to keep your mind on what's important." As if I could think of anything else."She laughed and led him out the door.The parties were fun—she flirted with every guy she could see—and she let out all of that pent-up energy later with Jack. The next day was a repeat, though she felt tired.