Chapter 87

"You fucked her," she said flatly. "Are you breaking up with me?"

"No!" I exclaimed. "Oh good god no!"

"You didn't fuck her?" she asked.

My pause before answering was sufficient.

"Okay," she said, now seeing the situation as grave. "Are we breaking up?"

I smiled and hugged her. "No, Kitty Kat," I said. "But I do want to talk to you about it. I have some ideas. And I think that, even if meeting her again was completely out of the blue, this might really work to our advantage."

She put on a brave smile. "I want to believe that," she said. "I don't see how it's the case. But I don't want to lose you, John."

"I'm not going anywhere," I said. "So let me tell you what I've been thinking about."

"Okay," she said. We sat down on the couch next to each other.

I rehashed how Jess and I had met, the connection we felt, and, yes, the sex. I could see a mixture of fear, lust, and surprise on Kat's face. I was open about the fact that Jess and