We did some more talking and we eventually all agreed to a sexual encounter. Des and Imelda asked us about our rules and we told them and then they sa...id that they prefer same room swapping which meant that all four of us would be in the same room during actual sex. I was a bit taken back by that, as I didn’t know if I was ready to see my husband in the arms of another woman. Out of sight out of mind I thought. My husband looked at me wondering if I was going to say our code word to put a stop. ’ ‘Oh.’ Now I was beginning to see a light. Why can’t I say what I think to this girl? Why can’t I ask her what she means? ‘Oh,’ I said again. ‘Do you know what I mean?’ Bless you. ‘No . . . ah . . . maybe . . . ah. God, Dory just tell me.’ ‘You always call me Dory. You always have, from the first time you said my name. In the car when you asked me to talk, you called me Dory.’ When you don’t have a thought in your head, your eyes look around as if the movement will shake something loose. I. The Russian woman, his wife, claimed she knew nothing about his involvement or the activities at the Club, although she admitted to preparing food and washing towels and bedlinen. The police believed neither her ignorance, nor her innocence.On the second page of the newspaper, the main article mentioned Clara’s name, describing how she, a Brazilian, staying at the nearby pension had alerted the police about the horrific place. Clara had asked the detective to leave her out of the newspapers,. If we find it, we cannot be together. If by midnight, we have not found it, we find each other. And we make love. Deep and passionate with every fiber of our being. If we have found our satisfaction in each other, you must ask me to marry you by dawn. For at dawn, if your love for me has returned, we must marry to break the curse. If you try to marry me, but you do not love me, I will die within 3 days. And thus cycle of the curse begins again.” I pause, knowing that this is a lot to ask of.