"After that, I never mentioned marriage to Rodney again, but I grew much closer to him. Many times, during family dinners, I would surreptitiously kick his foot under the table. He never refused, even nudging my calf back with his toe. I knew it was almost time to close the net.
"One day, I asked him out under the guise of discussing business. Meeting late at night to talk about work—it was such a flimsy excuse, yet he still took the bait. We had a few drinks, not many, really. Both of us knew we weren’t anywhere near our limits, but when I suggested we go to his room to rest, he didn’t refuse.
"What he didn’t know was that earlier that day, I had called his wife, claiming I wasn’t feeling well and needed her to accompany me to the hospital. She had told him she was taking their child to
