A few hours later she sent him a text message with directions."Go to your haircut place and ask for your normal girl. She's going to cut your hair for...you."He did as instructed. After a short wait he was in her chair. She grabbed her scissors and started cutting. She didn't say one word as she worked. She only smiled knowingly at him. Did she know what was happening? He didn't ask and only smiled back to her. She worked quickly and soon had his hair cut very short. It was barely half an inch. Mary had been in her forties at the time, but she was still the hottest looking forty-year-old in town.While many of the women around her true age had started letting things slip, Mary still had the body of a twenty-year-old and hadn’t gotten into the habit of hiding it. Most people put it down to her single status as to why she still looked so good.Ben had been worried about Mark becoming infatuated with her when he started working for her, but Mary didn’t seem to encourage him or Dale. The. You took the time to get to know all of us. To be completely honest, I think I missed you the most. Please don’t think I wanted to write you back immediately. Don’t get the wrong idea. I like you, I like you A LOT! And I missed you a lot, so much Carrie.’ ‘T-t-then what held you back?’ Ethan held up his hand as if he were a crosswalk guard signaling someone to stop. ‘Wait. I’m not finished yet Caroline. What I’m trying to say, is that I can see your spirit, your love, your energy, your. . fall in love... have babies with her. If you pay all your attention to me that might not happen." It sounded perfectly reasonable to Valerie."But I love you." he said.Something twisted in her at his statement. It was what she was afraid of. "You're not supposed to love me. Not like that." she added."That's not what I meant." he said. "What I meant was that I love you. I like having sex with you. It's great. And I don't want to stop. But that's not WHY I love you. It's just part OF loving.