You stop so close to me I can feel the warmth of your breath against the back of my neck even though at 6’4 you tower over my 5’2 frame. ~You alwa...s reached out to me and helped me believe~ ‘You enjoy the darkness too much for you own good sometimes,’ you whisper against my ear. I nod slowly in agreement. ‘When one knows nothing but darkness for so long, it becomes a comfort.’ I don’t want to say the words because in the past they’ve always led to the feel of a gun barrel brushing against the. You know, kidnap her one night, and we alltalk at her until she gets it. Never mind, too much tv." Beth, you may have something. I'll talk to Heather and Bella and see ifwe can set this up. None of us want to see her like this," Amber turned toBobbie."You should bake her a cake or something. Or just force feed her adozen cupcakes," Beth laughed, breaking the tension.Bobbie didn't laugh. "I think this is beyond the range of mere bakedgoods."Amber looked at her, stricken. "Bobbie, whatever else. A mental picture came to him, one that horror made him quickly suppress, of tiny spiders crawling the length of his member, spinning their velvety webs around it. Later, as he came to know her, he found that she often provoked such inappropriate images, and later, as he came to love her, he often welcomed them, because they felt like gifts.In complement and counterpoint to the caress, her mouth remained softly fixed to his. All the while, her tongue explored with the eagerness of the fingers. . not in appearance or thought ... and I don't know how to feel about it."Sarah turns from the mirror and faces me."But there is one question I must ask..." She took a deep breath. "Am I perfect for you Jonathan? Do I look like your perfect woman?"The face peering back at me couldn't be real. It was the kind of face you see on the front of magazines. A face that was airbrushed ten times and then photo shopped twenty more times.Her skin was the color of marble and it was flawless. It was nothing.