When my co-worker Crystal touched my hand, my heart skipped a few beats. We had always been a little closer to each other than most co-workers but in the months since my wife had passed, we had become even more so. She seemed to have taken it as her responsibility to ensure I was okay and not retreating into myself or becoming some kind of a hermit. It all started about six years before the love of my life found out about...

We made love again in the morning and it was as wonderful as it had been the previous night. “I could get used to waking up next to you,” I said and she just pulled me to her, squeezing hard. We eventually got up and she invited me to shower with her but I shook my head. “You go ahead, I have to get home and get things ready for tonight.” She pouted for a moment but relented quickly, “Tomorrow morning before work then?” s...