She hadn’t started seeing Nathan until the end of her freshman year, after taking his accelerated German language course.  Catherine justified her affairs by what she learned, while they were together.  Nathan was able to hold her attention, able to keep her from disappearing completely.  She’d trained herself to disappear with David, laying there silent and still until he’d finished.  With Nathan, however, it was about her.  In the same way he’d refused to allow her disappearance in class, Nathan held her attention during sex.

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