I also knew that once that happened she would either ruin my entire Fargo social world, or there would be another woman I was in love with. My feeling... for her were far to strong for sex with her to form a casual relationship, like I had with her Mother. Gosh, saying that sets my teeth on edge.Of course, there was also Suzie. I hadn’t seen her but she was still on my mind. She’d been on my mind for all 17 years of my traveling, for Pete sakes! My anger from the pain of her rejection had been. Gathering control of myself I apologized to her. “I guess that sounded pretty stupid coming from me.”“It wasn’t one of your better moments, but I understand,” She said. “You just had a lot thrown your way very quickly.”I glanced at my limeade, somehow it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to drink just now.“I’m going to strengthen this up a bit, I could use it. How about you? I asked.“Definitely,” Kathy replied with a smile.CHAPTER TENConsidering how the day had begun, the rest went very smoothly.. Then she started what had become our goodnight ritual, "Are you ready to say goodnight?" I braced myself and said, "I love you and I miss you already." She said, "My ex husband was a kind and gentle lover until we were married." And then she was gone. __________ The second Wednesday We meet: She was already there when I arrived half an hour early. Two words came into my mind when our eyes met and I got my first glimpse of her tentative smile: Vulnerable and. ”“I thought that America isn’t as liberal as some of these European countries.”“Most of it isn’t but there are places that you can go where you can wear very little or nothing. There’s even places that have social event in the streets for people who are more liberated. In the past I’ve told Aryn that I wouldn’t go to them but I’m starting to think that I might just like to go to one.”“You’ll have to tell me all about those places sometime Wren.”“Yes, maybe you could come and stay with us and go.