It only took ten minutes to pack our stuff and head to the garage. We were both still a little jumpy and overly cautious, checking all the sight lines... constantly.The garage attendant said, "We did a bomb check on your car this morning, Bobby. Everything is clean."Bobby drove out of the garage and said, "Do you want to clean out your apartment now or later?" Let's do it now and get it over with. I need to pay off the girl that has been watching the place and who was doing my laundry."Bobby. But...”“It always has to be with Eddie. Unlike with Joanne. And Cheryl now. They get to be with you. I don’t. You know how ironic that is.”“How so?”“Eddie wanted you to fuck me. He’s always had that thing about you stealing his girls. But not with me.”“But him there was a condition.”“What are you afraid of? That you’ll satisfy me so much one on one that I won’t go back to him?”“That would be arrogant of me.”“But you do think it will change things.”“Just the possibility of it. It could.”“I would. The wood fire is merrily crackling in the corner of the lounge room, lending an aura of cosiness and sensuality to the room. In front of it is a very large sheepskin rug. It is starting to darken even more outside, as the day draws to a close. You have already pulled the curtains to a close, and the only light in the room comes from the fire, a small reading lamp, and the light from the bathroom, from where I can hear the running of the water as you fill the spa bath. I can hear you humming. "It's just... the opportunity never really presented itself." "Aww... " Kris fawned, and somehow that pitying sound was worse than all of Bri's barbed interrogation. "It's alright. I'm sure it'll happen sometime." "Me, too," I agreed, draining the pasta, and hoping to drop the subject. Kris set out plates on the table. "Really, it's not that big a deal," Mel explained. "I mean it kind of seems that way before you lose your virginity, but that's just because you've built it up in your mind to be.