Chapter Twelve
The bright May mornings that followed were so delightfully sweet; I could hear myself singing inside. I felt more deeply fulfilled than I had been in some months, and I greeted the spring, longing for the promise of more.
I owed my sense of satisfaction to the club.
Several days passed after my evening with Joanna. I missed her. She’d left on business the day after we made love and I would not have the chance to be with her again for at least a week. Still, I had her memory to savor and the hope that we could be together again soon.
I had amazed myself following the club’s instructions, although this test hardly seemed like much with my best friend so willing – almost as though she were leading me on. I wondered if the rest I was commanded to do would be as simple. Litt
