TJ had endured a rough and emotional breakup with Junior, her boyfriend of nearly 3 years. She'd moved over a thousand miles to follow Junior -- the man she thought would be her forever man. Now she had moved back from whence she came, to start life over again.
Her heart was heavy thinking about all the sorrow Junior had caused her; all the lies. Now back on familiar ground, she began to wonder about a special man she'd left behind. She knew where to find him -- both at work and at home. She knew his phone number. But she didn't contact him. Instead, to fill the void; the emptiness in her heart, she often took time to reflect on the endless memories she made with this man. She closed her eyes and whispered his name out into the Universe. "Bill."
Bill and TJ began their romance very unexpectedly, in the heat of the summer a couple years before she met Junior. TJ's son had turned 18 and moved out of state. She was finally on her own for the first time in her life, and loving every minute of it. She had a wonderful, comfortable apartment. She created what she called her "sanctuary" in her bedroom, sparing no expense, and in the hopes of beginning erotic connections with men.
Bill was the first to share her sanctuary. The moments of that summer seemed to stand still with him in her life...in her bed. She often marveled at the fact that he was so good to her, and so good with her, as she never looked at him as a potential lover when they first met. To this day she can recall the first time they were together. He was so attentive, and he could keep a conversation going with her for hours. And that smile of his! He nicknamed her Twinkle, telling her that she had an incessant twinkle in her eyes.
She adored the attention that he gave her for so many reasons, but foremost, because it was genuine. He would bury his face in her hair, inhale deeply, and tell her how good she smelled. He would rub her feet and loudly exclaim, "Jesus, even the bottoms of your feet are soft!" He called her his girly-girl. He called her many nice things, and she thrived on all of them, because he followed up his words with actions.