My part of the show finished to rapturous applause and she broke off her seduction to join in, but only for a while. Before the applause had died down she threw me another knowing look and then used the distraction to whisper a proposal to the Spaniard and then lead him out of the room. I had to wait impatiently before the clamour could die down enough for me to make a gracious exit and rush off stage and out behind the scenes to find her. She made sure she could be discovered. She waited, pushed up against the backstage toilet door, looking out for me as she kissed him. As soon as I rounded the corner and stopped dead in my tracks, she broke off the embrace and pulled him inside the toilet. I felt my belly shrink. I knew she was a tease but this felt vindictive. I didn’t want to go in, I
