"Do you mind if I use this machine?"

"Well, you've already got one..."

"I need to catch a flight first thing in the morning, and need fresh clothes and don't think I'll be able to ..."

"Go ahead," the woman said. She smiled, felt the kiss of his smile on her skin. "I've got plenty of time."

"Thank you," he said. He knew that she'd given over the dryer because of an attraction. It disgusted him now.

He didn't see Stephanie go by the glass front of the laundromat.