Amantha meets Kathleen when she takes over as office manager for her dentist. One day, Amantha is given a ride home by the seemingly friendly, easygoing Kathleen, and the two agree to get together.

Despite a mutual attraction, they get together as friends—Amantha married, Kathleen single. They chat, they dine, they shop, and do all the things friends normally do.

Then things take a personal turn. Amantha is okay with it at first, and she might have stayed okay with it if it hadn’t gotten to be too much, too often. As Kathleen becomes pushy, Amantha begins to ignore her.

But as Amantha soon learns, some people simply won’t take no for an answer.

Written in 2017.