Janet sat carefully on the jacket. "Thank you," she said gratefully to Richard. She slipped off her sandals and dipped her feet in the water. Absolutely freezing cold--which felt amazing after the heat in their apartment. "We were on our way to dinner."

"The air conditioning in our apartment is dead," Alyce explained, "and it's the middle of August in New York City. I don't know if you've ever had the misery of being there then. If you haven't, I don't recommend it."