Apparently she'd gotten him away from Larry just in time. Now she'd have to see to it that he didn't feel "in the way" around her.Well, no problem the...re. She and Craig wouldn't pose a threat to him. While Larry and his new wife couldn't keep their hands off each other, Jodie would have given anything if Craig would touch her. He certainly wasn't going to prove a rival to Dane.They arrived at the lake, and Jodie took the shore road to her favorite swimming spot. She was surprised not to find any. “License, registration, and proof of insurance, please.” His voice was authoritative, but there was still a sense of youth in it. “OK.” She replied, she took her license out of her purse and the other documents out of the glove compartment and handed them to him. After the officer looked her information over, he turned to her, “Are you aware of how fast you were going?” “Ummm...not really.” She feigned ignorance. It was stupid, but it was the only reaction she could come up with. “The speed. “Not yet, you haven’t!” I chuckled. “I think I’d remember THAT!”Mindy laughed nearly as hard as I had before, but she leaned against the wall for support.“You’re funny, Mike! I guess I made a mistake in my approach. Can I ask you something?”“Sure.”“If I’d been less blunt, would I have had a chance?”“I have no idea, really. It’s kind of har ... uh, difficult, to remember what I thought before you were so blunt.”“Afraid I might make a Smart Aleck comment?” Mindy asked with a silly smile.“The. ... BEVERLY I found myself sitting with Jen three days later, pouring her heart out. “I just don’t know what to do any longer. Everything I say or try he turns around on me. I’m beginning to understand he’s carried these resentments around for years, but held them in. He hasn’t touched me sexually in almost eight weeks. I had to buy a vibrator to keep the edge off or I’d be climbing the walls. I can’t believe he turned down the job opportunity I wrangled for him. He didn’t even wait for me to.