I became faint when she opened the closet doors to reveal rows and rows offeminine dresses of every type and high heeled shoes that matched everyoutfi.... The top shelves were lined with lingerie and hat boxes and therewas an accessory shelf full of chiffon and satin scarves and ladies pursesand handbags! She took a lacy pink nylon floor length nightgown and robeoff of a hangar then after folding it over her arm and gathering a pair ofpink slippers she led me to the dresser and opened the top. Even if it meant someone else, someone better. He would endure being Rick watching Ilsa leave on a plane out of Casablanca. He would be Vedder mumbling that she would "be the sun in somebody else's sky." "Why not mine?" was the only thought that trailed off in his head.The phone rang. It was Jim."I'm sorry man." Yeah. I'll chat with you later. I'm okay. I just want to go home. Yeah, I just need to go home."He left the office in a daze. He got to his apartment and hated it. The scent of bath oil. He enjoyed them, as well as all the attention from the very important people in his dad’s company who now needed to include him in some of their dealings.While Ryan was out of the house pretending to be a corporate executive for the day, his friends had other responsibilities. The new pool service that Kerri was supposed to orient yesterday had had a scheduling conflict, and asked to come this afternoon, and she had nearly forgotten. She and Matt had woken up around 10 am, had sex, and gone. I often watch her from the shadows or follow her discreetly through the dark. Sometimes I watch her sleep through her window and listen to her breathe. Just being near her, seeing her, satisfies some deep need inside me. Once on a sweltering summer night I crept through her bedroom window to be closer to her and spent the night with my face only inches from hers. I left at dawn before her father could catch me. Tonight she is out later than usual, hurrying home alone. I am across the street,.