She continues: “There are so many things going on at home. If it’s not the kids, it’s my parents. I often feel it’s all too much. I don’t even have time to take my coat off when I walk through the door. I go from one thing to the next, and by the end I am exhausted. Things changed for me that fall. I would go to the office and I’d feel worthy, in my element, even a little giddy.” Her encounter with Luiz infused her life with a renewed sense of joy and anticipation, both potent erotic ingredients that had long since disappeared from the marital home.