She had watched him then, too. Her body always stirred when he was close to her, and she couldn't help it. All her love was wrapped up in him.As she w...s watching him now, her body was reacting again. She had been turned on since she woke up this morning, and she wanted him. She knew that she could help him relax if he would only let her.He had a way of getting himself too caught up inside his own head. She knew that when he got to this point, he would start over-thinking things and make it all. "Jack this is Helmut, my brother," she said with a laugh, "I tell him we're to be married soon."I stood up and offered my hand which he shook warmly."My sister says you very nice man Jack." and then he noticed the pips on my shoulder, standing up, he stood to attention, clicked his heels and saluted."Fucking hell," Chris spluttered in his beer as I returned the salute with an easy grin, "Sit down mate and enjoy your beer." Jack." Eva said to me, "I speak German with Helmut, too much to tell him. . she was acting like an idiot! Talking too loud, laughing too much... She wasn't natural.She wasn't being herself.And she didn't introduce Carla!Not that those dumb friends had asked for an introduction, but so what? It was Linda's obligation! I mean, no need to say: "This is Carla Ferrara, the woman I sleep with," but... Simply: "This is Carla" would be fine. Just to include Carla in the conversation. Right?People walked by them. Guys stared at them, at Linda and Carla, not at those dumb. "You'll have plenty of business dresses andskirts for the office. But to be a fully functional woman, you need tobuild up a base of experiences that mimic what we all went through as wewere growing up. The awkwardness of adolescence. Learning to handleunwanted advances. Dressing like a slutty teenage girl in her rebelliousstage. These are all essential parts of your growth," she said."So these clothes are just for today?" I asked hopefully."Not by a long shot," said Laney. "You'll dress like.