KEPT OUR PANTIES ON

Thursday’s became our day together. Totally coincidentally it was the day in the week when our respective exes had the children, sometimes just for the evening, but now and then overnight. We would play tennis and either have lunch or drop by one of our homes and chat.

Slowly our discussions became more open and frank, more personal I guess and, I suppose more intimate. I felt able to tell her anything and we had far-reaching conversations.

“So do you date now?” I asked her a few Thursdays later.

We had stopped at her house after tennis and were later than usual so didn’t get there...