I’ve arranged for a late check-out at five before we head out to dinner and back home.’ ‘Oh, home,’ I sighed. ‘Do we have to?’ I knew we h...d to, but I knew there would be more times like this to come. I slipped into the shower after he left, which gave room service just enough time to bring up a pot of coffee, a fruit and cheese tray and a copy of the Tribune. I took a glance at my phone to see that it had just enough power, if that, to get back to the texts and emails I had ignored over the. I had no idea where anything was down there so I was greatful for the assistance. He unlocked the chained freezer for me and led me way in the back to get what I needed. The freezer was tight and crowded but I insisted on getting the item myself since I did go all the way down there to get it. As I slid by him, I accidentally grazed my ass against his hidden erection. What began as an accident quickly became a lingered, cheap feel. It had been so long since I felt a man‘s touch that even an. .." I stopped. Sharon had stammered forth her proposal with great difficulty. I suddenly realized her halting manner was not the result of reluctance to do what she was suggesting but rather fear of rejection, which I had been on the verge of doing. "... you're wrong. You're quite as pretty as Rebecca. Now finish your wine. You have a long night ahead of you."Sharon (suddenly she was no longer the hapless Sharon) finished her glass of wine. I took the empty glass from her fingers then backed. One turned and asked,"Shall we stop to drink and praythat the flood will work its spell,lift us from our private hell,soothe our hearts and wash what stains it will away,to 'fresh our heads and feetand whatever lies betweento let anew our spirits play?"AnonymousAvery lay on his back. Jolene was dozing on her side next to him. Her head rested in the space between the ball of his shoulder and pectoral muscle, a kind of pillow, improvised years before. He searched under the covers, and found his.