It had been seven years since I had seen Jeremy, who had long been my ex-husband Donald’s best friend.

Since then we had both been divorced from our respective spouses, and Jeremy, a career Navy officer, had volunteered for a tour of duty overseas. Now after all this time we had found ourselves temporarily in the same city, and had made plans to get together for dinner.

It was an emotional moment for both of us when I met him by arrangement in the lobby of my hotel. After our initial hugs and breathless greetings, he took me to a nice quiet place for dinner and a couple of pleasant hours of wine and conversation.

It was not quite 10 o’clock when he saw me back to the hotel, and delivered me up to the door of my room, where I invited him in for a nightcap. Jeremy smiled at me, a bit... Read More