With the assistance of 2 parents and a docent, they steered the 2nd grade class along the field trip through the hospital.  The ambulance bay and ER, a surgical suite, and the clown in the lobby had been a huge hit.  But the highlight of the day had been the Doctor.<br/><br/>He was really good with the kids, really really good.  He was Indian, with a casual handsomeness that just came easy, eyes that twinkled, and his voice ... his voice had a proper British accent and traces of the sing-songy Hindi but was perfectly enunciated and understood.  He had a casual confident charm that would have been annoying if it weren’t genuine.  He must have been in his mid to late 30’s, lean, but could have been older and no one would have known, and intimidatingly attractive.  With a shy private smile she imagined that he didn’t hear ‘no’ very much.<br/><br/>“Thank you Dr Sodakar ...”<br/><br/>.................<br/><br/>When he appeared in her class room 2 days later it was a complete surprise, so much so that she didn’t place him at first.  A fact that she embarrassingly stammered her way through, appreciative of the fact the class room was empty.  Janie Walker had left her little Christopher Robin coat and he was just returning it of course ... it was no trouble at all.<br/><br/>“Thank you ... no ... we ... we haven’t been properly introduced ... i’m afton.  Yes, it is ... i am named after the Scottish river in the Robert Burns poem”<br/><br/>.................<br/><br/>They went out a week later.<br/><br/>“You know I googled you ... yea ... its what girls today do” she said with a giggle and a mouth full of sushi.<br/><br/>“38 years old, graduated Northwestern and med school at UCLA.  Specializing in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery ... moved to chicago, partner in Lakeshore Cosmetic Associates”<br/><br/>She dabbed her chin and slipped up from the chair, smoothed her dress over her hips and sauntered away to the bathroom, her narrow waist giving way to the gentle roundness of her hips.  The casual observer watching would think she was a beautiful girl who didn’t realize she was beautiful.<br/><br/>She didn’t intend to sleep with him at the beginning of the evening ... but he didn’t hear ‘no’ that night either.