After failing to get along with my husband, I was on the verge of losing my confidence as a woman. "If I were there, I wouldn't let JULIA feel lonely," said Kawaguchi-kun, a colleague at my part-time job who listened to my complaints and pursued me. Even though I knew it was wrong, I couldn't refuse the sex. Day after day, I repeated infidelity and unprotected sex in the backyards, behind the refrigerators, and in the empty store. Then, remembering the joy of being a woman, I spent the entire night at his place, filling the loneliness...
