Enraptured

Besides, as I told him, we were only a few floors away from each other and my door, as well as my body would always be open for him.

I gathered my things and slid on my cocktail dress. I let him keep my bra and panties as a souvenir and a trophy. With my pumps in one hand, my pearls and wrap in the crook of my arm, and my handbag in the other, I walked down the hallway feeling rejuvenated and alive for the first time since Beth got sick.

As I pushed the button for the elevator and waited for a split second as the door opened I contemplated looking back at him in his doorway.

Never look back, I promised myself lone ago.

As I entered the elevator and slid against its cool, steel wall I blew him a kiss.

Then I smiled in the instant before the door shut.

This would be a memory I would long cherish.