The Uninvited

who had already fed the boy and put himto bed when we got in. This young womanthen melted discreetly into her room.Kaitlin and I had sex that night and againthe next morning. She had warned me wehad to do it very quietly because ofFreddy and the au pair, but silence isalways fine by me. I find that women oftenmake distracting noises during sex, right inone’s ear, necessitating the deployment ofvarious coping mechanisms. I likedgrabbing her Greek hair in my hands. If thelack of eye contact bothered her, shedidn’t mention it.I discovered that Kaitlin was verystraightforward and businesslike aboutwhat she wanted, in and out of bed. Aftera few dates, I grasped that I was beinginterviewed for a job I had not considered