Anyway, she was so excited by the idea of going away that I began to look forward to leaving as well. At first, leaving for three days, four actually,...as we wouldn't get home until late Monday afternoon, was the last thing that I wanted to do. I had so much work that had to be completed that being away from the office was only going to set me back. Even though this was intended to be a "work-related conference," attendance at the various functions was actually optional; after all, it was. Last Thursday, they had made eye contact and Anne Mare thought she caught him checking out her legs and ass when she was bending over at the magazine rack. They didn't really have a conversation, but she said that as she was leaving, she walked by him and he smiled and said, with just a hint of a Spanish accent, "Maybe I'll see you here next Thursday." Anne Marie was completely taken by surprise, and almost didn't realize it when she replied, "Ummmm, that would be great." She was totally. "Whether you're on the floor or on the mattress we'll still be in the same room. Just lie down. I promise I'm not going to tease you."The thought of trying to sleep on the hardwood floor without a cover decided him. With a groan, he picked up his pillow and lay down on his side with his back to me. Danny balanced on the edge of the bed as far away from me as possible. For a while the bed springs squeaked as we moved to get comfortable.Not willing to let body heat go to waste, I turned my back. After all she had been waiting fifteen years to talk to him, but the tears were already starting to flow. “When I found you that night my intentions were to do anything I had to, to get you back, I would have crawled on my hands and knees and begged, but when I realized how badly I hurt you for all those years, I knew there was no way you could ever forgive me no matter what I did, or said.” She choked back tears as she continued. “For the last fifteen years I have existed in my own little.