A few hours laterThe party is over, and most of Jay and Farrow's friends are gone. The only people that are left are Kane and I, Mathew and Caroline, Olive and Farrow's cousin. A few drinks have been had. We're no longer tense and the conversation has taken a turn. "Wait, wait. wait. So you mean you've never given your boyfriend head?" Farrow asks her cousin  shocked. I don't know when our conversation turned from medicine to sex but here we are. A room full of adults discussing her cousin's sexual exploits. "No." She says smiling. Jay is staring at her horrified. "It's not that I've never done it before, it's just that I don't enjoy it." She add

When we get home, I check in with the kids and find them in bed. It's late but I had to see them before I got to bed. My mother made sure Rene was fed and asleep. I need to remember to thank her in the morning. When I get to our bedroom Kane is in the bathroom, the bath water is running and he has candles on, bubble bath overflowing in the tub and he's completely naked."You look beautiful." I say walking into the bathroom. He's sitting on the closed toilet watching the tub fill up. "Oh yeah?" He asks smiling at me."Yes. You look delicious." I say walking to the wall at the opposite side of the room and leaning on it. I take my time looking at him. "Are you going to just stand there looking at me." He asks smiling."I don't see anything wrong with that. I love what I'm seeing." I say licking my lips appreciatively. "I can think of better ways you can appreciate what you're looking at.

A week later at Shalom and Kane's house. "Welcome," I say to Jay when I open the door. He smiles and walks with a six-pack of beer in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other."I come bearing gifts." He says as he walks in. "I brought options, just in case you want either." He says as he walks into the house through the living room and outside into the backyard. "I appreciate options," I say and close the door. I walk to the kitchen and take two wine glasses and a wine opener. I follow him into the garden and find him sitting comfortably on the outdoor sitting staring at the fireplace with no fire on. "Where's the lady of the house?" He says taking the wine opener from me. He opens the bottle and sets it aside to let it breathe. "She went to the spa," I say and he smiles."I thought the spa was a no-go after the ex-boyfriend incident." He says and I laugh, It took a lot

"Okay. You were right." I say staring at the beautiful view in front of us. I look at Jay for a moment and he's smiling from ear to ear. "I'm glad I came," I say and he nods. I take a sip of my beer and look back at the sunset slowly coming down over the lake. We took camping chairs and sat right here as soon as we got settled in. I love it here. We got hear about three hours ago. Jay booked us a cabin that sits on the edge of a beautiful lake with nothing but greenery around it. We"You should let me talk you into more trips. You look happy." Jay says and Mathew nods agreeing with him. "I'll think about it." I say and he snots. "But this is great." I say sitting back to get more comfortable. The three of us sigh in unison as we take everything in. Each of us needed this. We needed to relax and forget about our responsibilities for a short weekend. "Where did you find the place  anyway?" Mathew asks after a long silent moment."A frien

I say hello to the staff preparing the food and pour myself a cup of coffee. The chef asks me what I would like for breakfast, I let her know and she starts preparing the food as I walk to the far end of the kitchen table and take a seat. Jay pours himself a cup and he joins me at the table. The room is deathly quiet because they are waiting for me to say something. I ignore them and Olive and enjoy my coffee. I don't want to be part of any game she has going on and by the look on Jay's face, he doesn't want to play it either. "Are you going to say hi to me?" She asks looking at me."Hi," I say after a long pause. I can feel Jay staring at me from the side of my face, He's probably waiting for me to curse her the hell out but I don't operate that way. I won't start a fight with her. And she's probably expecting me to start something too."How are you here?" Jay asks no longer able to hold it in."Crystal to