Alaina let go of her keys and bag, letting them fall to the tile floor. Time for dessert. She grabbed him by his tie and pulled him down for a kiss, o...ly able to make him out faintly in the dim glow of the night light nearby and the light outside the front door.Her tongue ran along his lips, and she moaned. Strawberry cheesecake? She bit down on his lower lip, worrying it only somewhat gently between her teeth. Fuck, why does he taste so good? His tongue briefly traced her lips after she. It helped that she was living in his house and there were constant reminders of him around."So where's your guy, Bailey?" one of the cousins asked."He'll be here soon," the other girl replied. Bailey had spent every night with Gabriel since he had arrived. This morning, Bailey and April drove home in their Oldsmobile. They said he would be on his way a little later.By late afternoon, all of the family had arrived. The crowd outdoors had grown and was playing horseshoes or on their guitars.. One wentout, and returned with small security bolts and an electric drill. Therewas a whine as he anchored the vent back. Once he had, the orderliesleft the room.Drea walked over. She suddenly pitied this man. He was a monster, ananimal, and everything they had done was a just revenge.Still she pitied him.Vinnie's eyes snapped open, frantically looking around. He tried to movehis arms, then his legs. But when he realized he was restrained, herelaxed."Thank god," he whispered."I'll get the. "I showed my disapproval by elbowing him in the ribs. "Asshole," I added, when he laughed again. The truth was, I was utterly miserable being cold.The snow had begun as a gentle flurry around ten o'clock, and had grown into a howling monster by the time school let out early at two-thirty. I was totally miffed that they would even have school on a day where a foot or more of snow was predicted by three o'clock. Only in Minnesota, thought."Actually," he said, gazing out the window at the brutal.