THE DATE,
by Larry TrittenAnd so, finally, as she had known he one day would, he called. There was only a moment of surprise when she heard his voice, because she had more or less subliminally been preparing herself for this for a long time, maybe even a year or two. And her reaction to the sound of his voice was exactly as she had known it would be: her libido rang like a holiday bell! Between his saying her name and her answering, there was a timeless moment filled with the pleasant satisfaction of the confirmation of her intuition and the incipient thrill of realizing that an exciting and dangerous adventure was beginning—an irresistible one. Her life had been conventional enough, too conventional, for years, and she was not going to let this go; besides, a part of her sensed that, as
