Tonight is the one night in this whole week that we’re going to get to spend together. I’m off from work, and so are you.My anticipation for you t... be home from work has reached into levels of palpable tension. How desperately I need to be around you. I’ve had dinner prepared, with two nice place settings at the table, complete with a candle. Now I play the waiting game. It takes a while before my senses are rewarded.Your key in the lock is music to my sensitive ears; as tuned to the familiar. He went home.He was dreading it. It had been a few years since he had been truly alone, but when he stood in his kitchen and put the kettle on to boil, the place felt peaceful and relaxed. He was sad to have lost Sam, but he felt grateful that he had been her lover for a month and that she had really loved him, still did and always would. Good memories.He had just sat down with his tea when the phone rang. It was after eleven o’clock.“Hello?”“Aidan, it’s Sam. Just want to tell you I arrived. He was sitting on the ground, humming to himself and washing something in a bowl.He saw me as I approached and watched for a moment. The firelight played on his smile every now and then.“I must say that I truly love what you’re wearing!” he said in that impish voice of his.“I was worried about you. Are you alright?”He shrugged and smiled. “I’m fine,” he said. “After Kiera convinced me to lick you to orgasm, I was afraid I crossed the friendship line. It was better that I removed myself than to. Samantha might think of something Liolani hoped; she is the second woman in his life and should know him fairly well by now. Samantha was overjoyed to be part of the decision for a birthday gift for the man with whom she had spent some joyful, happy times and whom she had come to admire and appreciate. Liolani greeted her at the door with a hug and a peck on the cheek, and then motioned her to the armchair next to the couch, the one Samantha liked best. "I have coffee ready and will be back in.