She understood the importance of a crisp, clean look for an officer and took a great deal of trouble to make sure that there was never a spot on her shoes, a wrinkle anywhere in her uniform, a single honey-blonde hair out of place beneath her cap or the slightest hint of body odor about her person. And he’d remained silent as he made her scrub the entire kitchen floor on her hands and knees. Mature sex Susan liked to think that the feminist side would have won out, but she also understood the pain of divided loyalties all too well. She took him by the shoulders, looked into his eyes, though her own were still blurry with tears, and said, “You’re absolutely right, darling. Anthony dollar as a talisman, and in times of stress would reach into her pocket and hold it, rubbing her thumb along its edge. Christ–why had she ever married a philosophy professor?
