"I shan't be lonely now. I was lonely; I was afraid. But the emptiness and the darkness are gone; when I turn back into myself now I'm like a child going at night into a room where there's always a light."
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
The next day, Evan went to work early. I went to the club to work out and Ken walked in as I was finishing. "Paaigge!" he called.
"Keeeennn!" I called back and slid to the bottom of the pole.
Ken seemed almost sad as he admitted, "I thought you might never come back."
I was taken aback by this show of near tenderness. "I was only gone a few days. Don't get your panties in a twist."
"My panties aren't the ones in question, Paige. Dr. Sawyer called me on Friday. He offered me almost double the market value for this place. I was also offered a ge
