Kati had been a topic of discussion for weeks for my wife, Lydia. Nothing odd or obsessive, just remarks in passing about how Kati liked such-and-such restaurant or had turned her on to this or that particular band. Even so, I was a little surprised the first night Lydia brought Kati home.

Kati had been a student in one of Lydia’s undergrad literature classes the previous semester, and afterward the two of them had become firm friends. Of course, I encouraged this. We had relocated to our current town for the sake of Lydia’s teaching career, but she wasn’t really happy at work. Most of the faculty was older and on the stuffy side, and of course that didn’t go down well with Lydia. Also, online acquaintances had assured her there was a thriving S&M scene in the area, but that turned out to be... Leer Más