We had handled the Twins with uncharacteristic ease, and we felt good about it, because they were a tough, tenacious bunch.But even tougher for us, se...son-long, had been the Oakland A's. Oakland had to face the White Sox in their first-round playoff series, and the Oriole players paid attention, because we had scuffled against Oakland every time we'd faced them, over the past two seasons.Most of the time, sportswriter-talk about "matching up" with other clubs was just that -- talk.But we really. They get to the bedroom. There’s an air mattress on the floor with a padded sleeping bag on top of it and a pillow. “This is awkward. The only way we can both stay warm is if you share the sleeping bag with me. It’ll be tight, but I promise we’ll be very warm.”“You’re right. We’ll be keeping each other warm. Do you want me get in first or do you want to be on the inside?”Katya gets in the bag and Chelsea takes off the robe and climbs in next to her and mostly zips up the bag. We see them. Her embarrassment made her nipples hard. "Can I go get dressed, Mommy?" Would you get dressed if it were Gloria sitting here?" Marsha was enjoying her daughter's embarrassment.Pam opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out."Sit down, Pam," Marsha said. "I think it's about time we had a woman to woman talk."Reluctantly, Pam joined her mother at the kitchen table. "Where did Gloria go?" she asked self-consciously."She just left to pick something up for me in town."Pam avoided her mother's. I don’t deny that. I never said I was an angel or anything close to it. The actual fucking wasn’t what got me off. Fucking was fucking, I’d fucked plenty of girls, but with Tina it was the deceit behind the fuck that got me off. Marquis de Sade it best, ?If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.I definitely agree.But what Tina and me did last night, I don’t know, it was different . . . darker. It was much.