I need to make sure Daddy is following through on his word,’ she smiled a shark-like grin, ‘and they can help me understand what makes you tick. T...at resistance of yours only makes me want you more. You know that, right? I’m going to keep chipping away at that ‘no’ until I get what I want.’ Her eyes smoked at me. There was no chance I could suppress that jolt of lust without the conflict showing on my face. Gretchen laughed, obviously enjoying my discomfort. I drank my coffee and commanded my. Daniels.’ Fuck. For three hundred dollars I could have been rubbing her down right now. So close to my dream. And I’d still have had a chance later. Now I’d slammed the door shut. Damn it! I guess my sales technique needed a little work. Or a lot. * * * ‘So? How did it go?’ Mom asked when I walked into the kitchen for a soda. ‘It didn’t. She needs a lot of work done, but can’t even afford to pay for the parts. I guess she’s going to shop around, or maybe try to do it herself.’ I tried to keep. -My opponent was Pam Hiller, we've known each other since I was afreshman in high school. At the time she was a junior, and anoverdeveloped, bitch, slut. While she was part of the in crowd, I was agoody-goody geek. Pam had the hots for Tom Black, a really cutesophomore. Not only did Tom want nothing to do with Pam, but he becameinterested in me after I came in 2nd place in the school talent contest,for singing "Loving You." Pam tried to intimidate me into believing Tomwas hers, but he and I. "Angel knew she was running off at the mouth, but couldn't stopherself. "And you think that's what is happening?" "Not really. I really don't know what it is. I don't really thinkit's the prairie dogs, because it feels like one thing rather than abunch of them. And it doesn't feel like them, or like bunnies." "What do you mean?" "I can sort of sense living things. I know what things like them feellike because I have seen them where I felt their nature. I couldn'tdo that with whatever it is at.