’ Her eyes leave my face and drop to the swirls of marble under her fingers. Her delicately painted nails trace a swirl. ‘You ruined my life.’ I...tell her softly, her eyes come up. ‘That’s what I thought when all this started. That first day when you took me to dance class. Then all the rest. You ruined it…. and I thank you for that. I would have walked down the path I was going on and ended up in a place far different from where I am now. I might have been happy there but I know one thing. I. A deep, Male laugh!Bill simply handed the phone to me."Jill!" I said desperately. "Is-is there someone else there? " Just Jack, Darling," she said casually. "I'm at the club and we justfinished a set." Did-did he see....?" No, Darling." Her voice seemed oddly unconvincing. "He was laughing atsomething else. Really he was."I was about to voice my suspicion when Bill suddenly pinched my bottom!"Don't forget why you called," he prompted."Jean, I-I have to ask you to do something for me...." Oh?". .". "I can give you a ride if you wanted to hang out here longer." I interrupted. "That would be great." Kelly said with a sexy tone in her voice. Lisa smiled and looked back and forth between us. "Alright you k**s have fun." Lisa said as she grabbed her stuff and walked away. "Oh are you spending the night at Tim's? Kelly yelled down across the bar. "You slut." She said with a giant grin on her face. "But yeah I probably am." "It's not like that...I...just wanted to know." Kelly said back in. The game had been, much as the US vs Finland gold medal game had been, anticlimactic. The team from Mankato had beaten their Canadian opponents, but it had taken double-overtime, and that made our players, who were at the limits of their endurance, just a bit better rested. We’d scored a goal in each period, and Jesse had completed a shutout. The trophy was now ensconced in the middle of the large table where the players sat for their celebratory lunch.“And what did you say to them today?” I.