Have fun and be safe." Okay" she continued, "I'll leave something for you to eat in the fridge. Love you" Love ya' back." I replied.We didn't communic...ate all that day yet my mind was constantly on the events of that evening: Was she going to meet her lover? What were they going to do? What was it going to be like when she got home? Did she suspect that I knew?At around 7:00, I headed home to an empty house, as I expected. There was a note on the fridge:"Dinner's in here, microwave for 3 mins.. It looked to be a cozy room, dimly lit with a fire blazing away in the fireplace. There were two chairs facing one another, one a comfortable looking easy chair, the other, an old fashion kitchen wooden chair. Her boss was in the easy chair. "Sit," he commanded, pointing to the wooden chair. She sat. He was wearing cowboy boots and tight fitting jeans. His genitals were on display through a cutout in the jeans. He wore a cowboy shirt and hat. She had never saw him dressed in anything but suits. She'll keep him grounded and look out for him, while he'll dedicate himself to looking out for everyone he ever meets. He'd never survive without someone like Cate and his girls to look out for him, and without him Cate would simply die. There's no two ways about it."Linda finally shut up, realizing she'd already said as much as she dared at this point. Her husband was quietly watching their two kids as if he'd never seen them in quite this way before. She let him soak it all in without saying. "Linda left the lipstick standing on the coffee table and never mentionedit. The coffee was excellent. After a half hour of light conversation,she got up to go.A week later they chanced to meet in the street. This time the lightconversation flowed easily, and Lenny invited Linda for another coffee.When she entered his flat, the lipstick was still sitting on the coffeetable. She picked it up and opened it, to be sure it was the same one.She put it back. Lenny said: "I left it there to remind me.