" Well, you've always been so good-looking. I'll bet you make a lovelywoman," said Bill in admiration.John thanked Bill for the compliment, and then s...eered the conversationin a different direction. It would be a few months until it came upagain.Bill was out at a bar, having a drink by himself while waiting for anacquaintance to show up, when a handsomely beautiful woman approachedhim. She looked to be a good decade older than he or John, and there wasa bold confidence to her expression and. Their loss is our gain.’ ‘Thanks Frank, I know you mean well. I like playing with you guys, it is the highlight of my day.’ Frank laughed, ‘You poor kid, your life must be pretty shitty if you think mingling with us has-beens is a highlight.’ ‘No really, I mean it, and don’t pretend you are old jeez, you make me feel like a sixteen year old.’ ‘Fuck I do feel old, in two years I’m turning thirty, Mike the year after that, and I know that you would never have guessed it, but Shawn is already. Please, sir, open the door.’ She had not called him sir since the first day. There was no response and she eventually went away each time, shaking her head. If he was to be saved, Bethany Rose was going to have to do it. Bethany Rose knew why he had locked himself away and it worried her. She found herself caring for him more and more. His face was the first image in her heart when she awoke and her last waking inspiration at night. Her fantasies became more and more about him and she would. She was standing before a long trestle type table that was strewn with papers. With her stood Lord Omar, a couple of his military advisors and to my pleasant surprise Felicity. I opened my mouth to reply to Elsa's words and got cut off when Felicity threw herself into my arms and started kissing me."Charles!" she exclaimed between frantic kisses. "You're all right." Of course I'm all right," I told her pulling her in for a hug, "although I'm pretty tired. It's been a really long couple of.