It was a long, hot walk, and shepicked her way carefully between thickets of thornsand nettles and other obnoxious weeds.As she came to the edge of th... field, she could seethe pine trees and, between the trunks, the river. She wasn't sure exactly where she was, but therewas an old, tumbled down barn off to the right, andthe railroad, she knew, was somewhere to the left. She stepped out into the woods, tall pines and acarpet of pine needles, but then she stopped. Shehad been drinking a lot of. .. it doesn't bother you that I'm both?" Sanura, I'll admit that it's a shock to find all of this out, but Iknew from the moment that I saw you that you were the girl for me, andnone of this changes how I feel about you. If you feel the same way,then I'd really like to be your boyfriend..." I still couldn't believehow awesome he'd been so far."Really?" He nodded. "Then I'd love to be your girlfriend!"His smile grew even bigger as I said that and I couldn't help smilingback. He started to lean. In the movies or in the cop shows, the good guy shoots a bad guy, utters some cool one-liner, and then goes to eat donuts with his friends. In real life you almost wish you were the one being shot. I spent the next seven hours giving depositions to various detectives of increasing rank while I was sure that Ruth and Lori did not fare any better. Time and again I had to retell the story while a Union rep sat by my side shuffling papers and looking important. It was after eight when the last. He slid closer to her on the seat and began to caress her arms and then her legs I was almost hypnotized as I watched his large black hands gently stroking and petting my wife's knees and thighs. He filled her glass again and the wine was definitely taking its toll on Amy-not drunk but very tipsy and relaxed. Another set of slow music started and He asked her to accompany him to the dance floor. She followed and by the look in her eyes I knew she's been drinking more than planned. The black.