”“Good girl.”Ivan Sokolov had changed clothes. But if I weren’t the kind of detective who notices stuff like that, I wouldn’t have been awar... of the sartorial switch. November Man still looked as drab as ever.My plan, brilliant in its simplicity, was to liquor him up and get him to blab. Confess, if I’m lucky.One hour and three drinks later -- mojitos, not vodka for him, red wine for me -- I had made scant progress. Zero would describe it pretty well.Since hearty, then sexy, had accomplished. I set my purse down on a bench beside the door. I felt him come up right behind me and hug me tightly from behind. He brought his hand up to the side of my face and turned it toward him. Our faces seemed to meet like two speeding freight trains that were colliding. Our tongues danced; we kissed for what seemed like forever. I'm not going to lie, I loved every minute of it. We were still kissing and I realized he started pushing me toward the steps. He was still behind me and his hands started. Yes I think so.’ Jade held to him as she cried in relief, part of her bodice had been ripped by the monster’s hand as one of her ample breasts was almost in view. Seeing this aroused Jason but he knew what had happened and that it was no time for such trivial thinking. He removed his jerkin and placed it around Jade and hugged her again taking her back to his room in the castle. ‘Jade, what happened love?’ he said softly against her as he kissed her forehead. Jade stayed against him crying. "It'll be a nice place to let your kids and cats and dogs run around. You won't exactly have problems with traffic racing past." It's going to be different from living in town," Kirsten said, "But I think we're going to like it." We've been here on Busted Axle Road for fifteen years," Jackie said. "Sometimes, I wish we were a little closer to town, but we've put a lot of work into the place, and we wouldn't want to give up the airstrip." What's this 'Busted Axle Road' stuff?" Kirsten.