Chapter 31

I was going to have to make some tough decisions. And come up with some creative ways to get the time I now knew I needed with her. She had given me plenty of material to ponder. It was up to me to seize the moment.

Kat and I broke any pretense that the half-hour early morning fucks were going to suffice after we got home from Vegas. We still did them once a week or so, but as spring turned to summer, and our need for intimacy grew, we started taking advantage of her boyfriend's work travel schedule during the week. We started cooking together. We went out to dinner or drinks at out-of-the-way restaurants and bars, where it was less likely our presence together would be noticed. And we started ramping up our games to higher and riskier levels. The thrill was just too great a temptation.

One Friday night in June, Kat and her boyfriend attended a fundraiser for the local food bank. We planned in advance that I would go, too. It was at a very good art gallery, with one