She was blonde and very pretty, probably in her mid twenties. Dans heart was pounding and his mouth was dry. “Excuse me” he said quietly. “Hi, h...w can I help? Oh, I bet you are looking for something for your wife” she said glancing at his wedding ring. “Erm no” Dan replied. “Something for me, but I’m not sure what size I am”. She looked him up and down before saying “we have a small section of men’s clothes over there and they are in standard sizes, I’d say you are a 32 inch waist”. Dan was so. She noticed him looking away, probably embarrassed by his obvious stare, but she didn’t say anything. Julien suddenly acknowledged his distracted state: “Oh gosh, where are my manners! You must be starving! What shall I prepare for you? Just tell me what you want.” “I’m not all that hungry,” replied Kristina with a frown, “feeling a bit queasy actually, maybe because of jetlag… but I’d love a good cup of coffee!” “Oh, I can definitely do that for you! I’ll be right back!” Julien climbed over. They walked wordlessly down to the lake, and then...“I want to do it a day…” His heart leapt.“Are you sure?” he said, hoping not to sound too eager. Caroline stopped and turned to him with a grin on her face.“Yes David. Definitely today.” She continued on down to the lake, leading him by the hand and, as they had done previously, they both quickly stripped off and went for a swim. He certainly needed the swim to cool down his ardour!They climbed out to dry themselves and lay in the sun. . I don’t know what we talked about but they didn’t stay long. That night I lay awake and revisited memories of Kate and the next day decided on a sickie and went to the forest to a spot where we had cooked a barbecue lunch and been driven back to the car by mosquitoes. We didn’t get eat lunch but the bottle of wine we had was good. No mosquitoes today just the sounds of running water cold and clear. Back in the car the radio was playing some song and there was a line in the song "I’m so lonely.