When the call ended Toya's spirits were high, she had been tensed up lately. The episode with Ling last month did not help matters either. Although Li...g never seemed to make any demands, or expect anything back, her adoration, and unconditional love for Toya makes her feel guilty that they cannot be together in that way. Ling is a very resourceful personal assistant, very good at her job, and it would be a disaster to lose her. That fact alone further convinced Toya that they could not fuck. His strong features were marred, she thought, by a tattoo that crept up from his neck onto the side of his face. She didn’t understand tattoos at all. So permanent.After his friend scoffed, the older man continued talking.“You weren’t there fucker,” he said, but the cursing wasn’t angry, more of a playful dig, “the girl must have thought I was some sort of pushover. You know what it’s like, these young girls see a guy at a bar with a little cash and they figure you can be their ATM for the. Let's go home," Master nodded. "No running, Dare. Stay with me for a change. You have to start slowing down."I barked sharply and laughed at that. I was slowed down and I felt like I was terribly fat, swollen all over with my pregnancy, and I still had a couple more months to go. It had been nice for a while, but now I was anxious to have my baby and be done with it. To see the child I'd been carrying inside me for so long. I was still in good shape though, strong and physically fit and not as. "Mickey, you and Jane are in the same class, and I know you enjoyed the kiss. I think it would be better if you guys were together."A scene from an old movie I'd seen on television flashed in my head. Air raid sirens were blowing and the sky was aglow with rockets bursting in mid-air. Frightened citizens were rushing to underground shelters. The bombshell that Janet had just dropped made me want to seek shelter. When I didn't respond, she said we would talk the next day.For the rest of that.