At that point, she put her head on her knees, seemingly too emotionally drained to go on.Janet got up and discovered some homemade chicken soup in the... refrigerator. She heated that and made another pot of tea.Janet was saddened by the fact that Kate had led a very lonely existence the last few years, relying upon her own intestinal fortitude and the kindness of strangers – strangers she could never get close to – never trusting enough to share her secret. She spent four years without love or. . arrangement seems perfectly natural to you.”“Perfectly natural,” Jason replied.“I have never met anyone so truly color-blind as Jason,” Aja added. “From the beginning, he didn’t see me as a Black woman. He saw me as a woman. I confess it took some coaching from him before I saw him as a man, instead of a white man. But, once I saw him that way -- I knew I was head-over-heels in love with him.”“I’m not blind to the fact that Aja is Black,” Jason said, “any more than I was blind to the fact. ." We stood up and put our arms around our spouses. We were in a line, with Jen right next to me, the guys on the outside."FIVE ... FOUR ... THREE ... TWO ... ONE..." As we had discussed, Jen and I quickly swapped places, and planted a huge kiss on our neighbor's lips as everyone in New York screamed, "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"None of us were paying any more attention to the TV, as the men's initial shock was quickly overcome by passion. Jen was already rubbing her jean-covered crotch into David's, and. " Silly, I know, but kind of fun, too. We visited half a dozen stores before we found just the kind of dress that I had in mind and that I knew would fit Joey's new image of me. I liked the dress the moment I saw it hanging on the rack. I was a simple white knit long-sleeve dress with a scoop neck that buttoned all the way down the front. The kind of dress that is demure (a modest top) but sexy (mid thigh length). It was just exactly what I had in mind. Joey was not at all impressed at first,.