Chapter 197

• She stepped toward me and I took her in my arms and we started swaying to the slow ballad that had gained popularity ten years ago when we were seniors in high school. I felt her hand shift up my arm. Then she stepped closer to me as we continued to slowly pivot around among our classmates on the crowded darkened dance floor.
• I could smell her shampoo and her soap and her perfume. It overloaded my olfactory sense. All those intoxicating desirable scents pushing me closer and closer to a point of no return.
• I closed my eyes and relished the fantasy in my head as we continued our dance. I was lost within my singular world of fulfillment. These few minutes made it bearable. Made me believe--