Wakefulness arrived. I lay next to Weather, my hand gently resting on her bare back, enjoying feeling her slender back rising and falling in sleep. Sh... was beautiful, perfect. I was in love. I loved her deeply, an ache in my soul. Yet now, in the stark morning light, I realised my worse fear had come true. I'd succumbed. She was so like...I let memories drift back, memories I had cherished and agonized over, memories that had shaped my life. They came back in a rush, as if it was only. It was the simplest of movements, almost pitiful. Take your dress off. I noticed her glance up at the window, the calculation of the possibility of being seen through the patio doors was plainly evident as it flashed through her mind. It wasn’t a request, take it off. Her head still bowed, she reached behind her neck to start the zipper and then she reached around her back to complete the undoing. With a slight shrug, the dress fell to her feet. Her hands wrung together in front of her panty. “Music it is.”She giggled, and I leaned over and turned on the radio and dialed it to Q102.“So how do you know Jennie?” Elyse asked.That was dangerous ground. I’d have to be very careful.“I know her from church. I was an altar boy at her husband’s funeral six years ago and then I’ve done yard work at her house a bunch of times since then. We became friends.”“I would have thought there was some other connection. You’re walking her down the aisle. Her dad would have done if he hadn’t died, and. Once we got to the counter, the clerk took my envelopes. He knew me, so we exchanged greetings, but, not knowing Lilly, he greeted her, and was pleasant, but not as familiar as he was with me. I could tell he liked her, though, as he kept checking her out when he thought I wasn't looking. We completed our business there, and left the building. As I got back in the car, Lilly said, "Hang on a second." She turned around, walked back into the post office, and was back out a minute later. I made a.