Forme it was life changing. I didn't have family that I spoke to, and formy wife, her only close friend was her sister and she was a thousandmiles and...a decade away. We had keys to each other's houses. We didn'tknock. It was assumed that we would spend the weekends together. Wejoked that Kim was our other wife and Patrick our other husband.Financially, we weren't doing that well. My wife had taken a travelposition with a nursing agency in the hopes of getting caught up whichwould take her away. Once inside the bathroom, Bev looked at me and asked me how I liked beinga girl now. I could tell she was a bit mad when she said, "You betterstart acting like one or else. You better make these two guys feel realspecial too missy" She was serious. She would probably out me to everyonein the casino, including our two new gentlemen friends. I nodded,understanding how serious she was when she told me to fix my lipstick.She handed me a tube that matched what Sally used on me and I applied afresh. Me: It's not that mom. I am just thinking from society's point of view. Mom: Rajesh: do you like me as a women. I have seen you staring at me at times. Tell me I am wrong! Me: I really like you mom. I have been really attracted to you, but... Mom: then how does it matter. No one know us here. And from now on call me sangeeta. She went in the kitchen to arrange dinner. We both sat in silence and had our dinner. She asked me if I would like to watch TV, which I refused and said I would like to go. .. The address on the card she'd handed me was in the same building where I'd just worked but on a different floor. Inviting me upstairs to her office, she'd offered coffee and..."Discreet? Sounds like you work for the CIA or something," I joked, setting my bag down beside my chair and accepting the coffee mug Marla offered me."Or something," Marla replied with a small smile, sitting in the high backed, reclining leather chair behind her desk. Holding her coffee mug in both hands she leaned.