.lovers. He couldn’t be her lover if he’d forced her, could he? No...They were nothing to each other...nothing... Somehow, the thought didn’t br...ing as much comfort as it should have.“Luc,” Emma said suddenly. “Do you remember that little plan we had - the one we decided on a few days ago?”Luc regarded her with perplexity. “You don’t mean to go through with that, do you Em? Especially in light of...you know.”“I do,” Emma said firmly. “I think it’s a perfect idea. In fact, we should put it. He wants me on his desk in some of my sexy clothes. He has mentioned that several times lately.” “Are you going to do it?” “Maybe, there is a naughty thrill about the whole idea.” Dan pondered his wife’s revelation in silence for a moment and then poured wine for each to extend his contemplation time. When Laura tried to restart their conversation he held up his hand as a stop sign. Finally Dan continued, “I think you should. It would be a part of your affair, a memento so to speak. An affair. To be honest, work was wearing me down. The hours were long, the tips weren't great, and I was growing tired of Jimmy teasing me about having fucked two of his friends in the span of two weeks. I needed a new job. I needed new "friends." My 25th birthday was coming up in less than a month and I had absolutely no one to spend it with. Hell, I couldn't even find someone to go watch the Redskins game with me. I asked my roommate but she declined. She never went anywhere. I called Shane, a. Then she started to cry. Recent Past Annabelle was sixteen when she married Fred. He was twenty-one. At the time, she thought she loved him. When she found out she was pregnant, her parents decided they had to get married. As time went on, she realized that Fred was not the man she thought he was. He had gained close to a hundred pounds since they had married, he drank like a fish, and had been unemployed since they had married five years earlier. She would have left him, but their son was born.