Susan reflected that it was only last Thursday that she first met her neighbour, Andrew. He had pulled up in his truck, unloading timber for the new deck he was building. Tall and handsome, with a rugged element about him, he wasn't the normal type of man she would be attracted to.
She had gone to her mailbox, ostensibly to collect her mail, but the reality was she had a urge to meet Andrew properly. "Hello there", she ventured. "You're my neigbhour I think. I'm Sue".
Taken aback, he replied simply, "Hello yourself. I'm Andrew!"
"Yes, I know," said Susan, before realising what she had said. How would she have known his name? "Oh, I met your wife yesterday, and she told me about you." Unlike so many men his eyes did not wander over her body, but instead held her gaze.
A lawyer, Susan was used to highly educated men; confident in themselves and in their dealings with others. In Andrew, she sensed a vulnerability about him, underneath his outwardly macho appearance. And yet he seemed undaunted by her reputation as a savvy, professional woman.
Since that first meeting, there had only been fleeting glimpses of Andrew, but he always waved when he saw her. Susan lived alone and she found herself thinking about him, more than she should. In bed at night, her wandering fingers did little to ease her frustration.