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“I tried to take the higher road.” “I know.”

“I tried to ignore them.” “I know.”

“But, they are out of control…” “And needed be put in their place.”
She smiled when I finished her sentence. Sanya looked at me from the foot of the

bed; her eyes shimmered as if losing her temper turned her on. I leaned forward
thinking maybe, just maybe, I’d be able to…my stomach took another dip, and I
ended up in the bathroom again…

She looked beautiful at the wedding. People sighed when she walked down the
aisle with Carla’s husband. Carla was the Matron of Honor and the very
embarrassed looking Teo was the best man.
The reception was lovely, but my stomach was still on the fritz. We reread our
plane tickets and realized our flight was for 12 AM Monday and not 12 PM. We
packed up and made a mad dash to the airport which didn’t help my stomach at all.

I wasn’t myself until Wednesday.
The magic we’d built had dissipated and we are back to normal. Now that it’s
Friday afternoon, I feel pathetic. It is officially a week since the moment I walked

into that ballroom with Sanya, and it feels like it was years ago. The sultry, flirty
person she was on the trip is gone, and I don’t know the best way to bring her back.
To add insult to injury, Miguel and Jerome are forcing some man time. They’d
called me on three-way earlier like two high school girls and ragged me for acting
like an old married man.
“We saw you more when you were with Cassie,” they’d said. “You act like an
old couple,” they said.

“You need to come out and see what’s available,” they said. So, I folded.

I steer my SUV in the direction of the bar after sending a quick text to Sanya
telling her I would be home late. She responds and tells me to be careful. I toss the
phone on the passenger seat. Is it wrong for me to hope she would request I come home,
or suggest I go out with her instead? Short answer…Yes. I can’t expect her to put
herself out there when I really haven’t. We need to talk. I think the elephant in the
room is sitting on both of us. I vow to settle the tension between us as soon as I
return home from the bar.