An Affair

January, 1999

An AffairShe Felt it was her literary prominence that appealed to him.He claimed it was her smoky voice, and her air of having attended good schools.He was ten years younger than she was.She was close to hysteria when he arrived late for their first rendezvous and admitted openly that he had been with a college friend--and slept with her--and then said goodbye to her forever.She had no reason to doubt this.She was overcome, and wept, at the first sight of his naked body.Their affair, which was i...