Arriving in the office, I found it a most interesting contrast to being out in the cities. We weren't as focused on the religious growth in the office... as we were while we were out and about. That was the biggest change for me. I'm really good at office work, though, and threw myself into it. I am good at organization and numbers, which landed me in the position of financial secretary. The work was easy for me, but fulfilling enough to make me feel good about myself and what I could do to help. "There she is," Mike hailed as Martha entered the room the next afternoon, after we'd been playing for almost a half hour. "The next Cincinnati Kid." Are you playing with us or going out on the town?" Tommy intoned, eyeing her as she came up to the table. I hadn't known if she'd do it, if she'd even sit in for the game or anything. In point of fact she hadn't said three words to me since our last conversation. But here she was, her long hair bunched up elegantly atop her head, a classy black. I'd been out wandering around at dawn that summer morning. I was half hoping Persephone might be up early, too. When I saw him, I stopped dead."Who the hell are you?"The character, covered in mud, stood up in the middle of the irrigation ditch where he'd been splashing at the outflow from an artesian well. I'd never seen this guy before, although I was to learn later Persephone and her mother knew him quite well. Despite the mud I could tell he was nude. The mud did not hide his grin. He stuck. I was not ready to risk another encounter with a man. Suddenly I realized that my robe had parted as I sat and that Sarah's hand was gently stroking my thigh. I reflexively drew back when she said, looking into my eyes, "Angie, there's something I've wanted to do for ages." Her face approached mine, and our lips met.The floodgates opened, and I returned the kiss gently at first. When her soft tongue tentatively touched mine, I discovered the passion of a kiss such as I had never experienced.