The publisher just gave us your name and phone number. We don't really need the letter now, do we?" No. It was just a request for you to contact me if...you were interested. Do call soon so I can meet you in person." Jason, we are going to North Carolina as soon as I can arrange travel plans. We have to meet this lady. We have often wondered about the original Jason Thibadeau. You are his namesake and we must find out if there is a connection." I suppose. What about my business? Do you expect me. Ben knew that none of the men had any intention of him walking away. He could see it in all their auras. He studied their auras carefully to see if he could find a way out of this situation without killing these men. Joseph had shown him what indiscriminant killing did in his garden of souls. Ben avoided killing whenever he could; even if he got wounded because of it. His only focus was protecting innocents. Now, he was in a hurry though. Joseph had told him how important speed was on this. The tangling of our tongues was electric but very brief as she turned her head away, and I recalled the 'no lingering' clause. Everywhere was incredibly smooth and electrifying. Fingers trailed over her broad forehead, over her high cheekbones, down to flicker at her lips, which parted to take a jocular snap at them.With the fingers of one hand stroking her throat, the other ran an open palm from her shoulder, down her arm to her own fingertips, which gently closed and opened on mine.On the. Being arrested petrified me; I couldn’t even speak to plead my case. While one officer walked me to their patrol car his partner went into the ally to search of my assumed customer. Humiliation ran through me as I walked down the street dressed in my revealing costume and with my hands cuffed behind my back. Everyone on the street stopped to stare at me as the officer ushered me to his patrol car. The sheer immensity of humiliation managed to bring down the level of the emotional high I had.