‘Send the flowers first.’ His receptionist hit the Send icon on her computer screen. *** He told you that? Wow! He must have really been hurt if h...e told you that. You know, I never went out with Dr. Harris after that day. I worked the rest of the school year with him, had to refer kids to his office, sat on committees with him, but we both knew we’d crossed the line. Not so much the sex, I guess, but the fact we’d been in my bed, my husband’s bed. Alex didn’t sleep with me in that bed until we. She slowly kissed her way back up my body and embraced me. “I’ve wanted to do that since the first day we met,” she said quietly. She stroked my hair softly as I lay quivering against her silky skin. Then slowly, as if they had minds of their own, my hands began to trace along the silky smoothness of her skin. I turned my face upward to look into her eyes then kissed her, taking charge for the first time. I felt this new confidence course through me. As her lips yielded to mine I felt this. She handed it to Jill, who folded it carefully and set it on a chair across the room.Jill offered wine, which she went off to get when I accepted. My excitement was building again, making me nervous."So how do you know Amanda?" I asked Alice, trying to remain calm."We were all in a local dance group a few years ago," she replied. "I'm still in it, but Jill and Amanda dropped out. I don't blame them, it's a lot of effort. You look like you could be a dancer, Penny, with your fit body and nice. I said I’d sleep on it and let him know in a couple of days. We said our good-byes and I mulled over the conversation as I went back to packing. Manny came into the kitchen. He grabbed a beer and leaned against the wall. I was glad to have something to distract me from my thoughts. Reaching for something to say, I realized that I hadn’t seen Helena in a while, and asked Manny if she was okay. He frowned. ‘Yeah, I guess. She’s been talking to some guy at work. Perry.’ He scoffed. ‘Perry, can you.