Taboo Heat: Tales Too Hot To Handle
"So far you are a very interesting person. I'm enjoying your company. I wasn't going to ask."
Her hand over mine, briefly, "I warned you. I'm not going to do it again."
"I'll take my chances. But since you offered."
Her hand back on the arm of her chair, leans back, eyes closed.
"I'm divorced, five years. I was a mouse when I married Karl. Nineteen, young, immature, sheltered. He's older, six years. He thought mousy and shy were cute, to a point. Then he found a tattooed bartender, fifteen years younger. I got recycled."