At a basketball game we can't drag out maybe more than a single mat, and under that is hard wood. Usually maple. Understand?"He was so intense I nodde.... He'd made his point. But what was really getting to me was the look in his eyes, how hard he was squeezing my hands. He cared, and I wasn't the only one fighting to keep our distance."So, no flying. Not here. Not now. While you're learning you'll work with Ms. Waldorf or Donna -- and yeah she's a coach, too, a damn good one -- on multiple mats. .. Unless she's hiding something?"So what do you think, do you want it or no?" She asked, getting into a hurry to conclude the transaction. Or at least to get me out of her apartment. She was definitely nervous. Now I felt pretty confident that she was the one who took it, but I was about to find out for sure."So, here's the thing. I definitely want it. But there's a problem." Is it the price? I can come down a bit if you can do cash just for a quick and easy deal. I really want to get it out. Right now, all you need to do is have a conversation with me. Is that too much to ask?"Carly looked at Dan, "Is it really your birthday?"The man laughed, showing a genuine display of emotion, which to that point he had not done. He leaned back against the couch and nodded, "Yes, it's my birthday." He lifted his wrist and brought it closer to his face so he could see his watch in the darkened room, "At least it is, in a couple of hours. I'll be double digits, thirty-three. How old are you?"Carly. “What if someone finds out?”“Don't worry, Miss, no one's going to find out from me. And I just love the way you make me feel – so hot and tingly all over.”“Have you ever had a serious boyfriend or girlfriend, Amanda? Do you know what it's like to make love to someone else?”“No, Miss – but I'd like you to teach me, if you don't mind.”“Maybe we should do this somewhere else,” I said, worried that in her house like this we could be interrupted at any time.And so we arranged to meet at my house.