When the pace of our feet matched perfectly, I felt a deep inner pang of satisfaction. I could have gone on walking like that forever, side by side with him. There had been few times in my life I had ever inhabited a moment so fully, with no loneliness lurking at the edges.

“Are you a lefty?" he asked with amiable interest."No. But if this hand gets bit…”

“If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a …”

“To put to rest any doubts you might have… I’m jealous of every man who comes wi…”

“Haven, don't ask me to define the boundaries of normal. You know how I was rais…”