She wore bluejeans, black boots completing the ensemble. Ted frowned, taking in the obvious stereotypes."Are you?"The girl shrugged. She walked forwar..., eyes staying on him. She stopped beside him, three feet from the edge of the stone outcrop. Leaning forward, she glanced down."Cool." Yeah." He looked over as well. It was easily a hundred foot drop. Ted wondered what it would be like. How it would feel to just step off. Fall towards death. Leave this world behind. Would he black out before. She was probaly a good 15 -20 yrs older than myself. And seemed to be constantly calling me to the rooms she was working in to repair one thing or another. We would playfully flirt and and talk but thats all I took it for (to be honest I was more interested in her 18yr old daughter that was working there too). One day we were talking and she started saying about how "Hot " I was..... Another I came in from outside and said about my nose being cold.... She told me she had somewhere I could warm. I set my glass on the table, stood up, and removed my jacket. I gently laid it on the back of my chair so it wouldn't become wrinkled."Now the skirt."I took a deep breath. I had agreed to come here; I had agreed to do this, I knew what we were going to do. We were consenting adults. He hadn't forced me to be here, I made the choice. I reached behind me, unzipped my skirt and slowly slid it down my legs, carefully stepping out of it. I picked it up, folded it, and set it in the chair with my. Believe me, it isn't you." Jerry got up. I noticed he was scowling at every other table of diners he passed. I took the opportunity, while Jerry was absent, to check with Cindy, to make sure she was doing all right. She said she was fine, but she looked a little nervous to me. I told her we'd finish dinner, take Jerry back to the hotel, then go back to the house. She smiled at me, but I could tell her heart wasn't in it. I once again cursed myself for not anticipating something like this.