Without warning, he moved towards her, so close he had backed her against the cold wall. The stone against her bare arms made her shiver against him.H... took her face in his hands and kissed her firmly, his lips both rough and soft against hers was delicious, and when his tongue touched hers everything seemed to almost disappear for a second. But then reality flooded back again, and Zooey felt sick. “Eric, wait” she murmured against him, trying to push him away so she could catch her breath. He. ”Karl stood up. “Are you hungry?” he asked her. Dasha shook her head. “Good,” he said, “Because from now on I will ration your food. You’re a little chubby around the hips, and I can’t have that. Now let’s see what you look like without your clothes.” He took a pair of scissors from the table and started to cut her leotard away from her body. Dasha shook with fear. He cut through the leotard and let it fall to the floor. Then he cut off her thong, and she was completely naked in front of him.. Frankly, I'd have let her pay it as late as I could get away with. Luckily for me, she wasn't quite aware that I was lamely scrupulous and totally chickenshit. One hot day, which was barely cooled by my unit's ancient air conditioning unit, someone knocked on my door. I didn't get many visitors. I had no real friends and let's not even talk about the women situation in my life. I assumed it was someone who was going to ask me to plunge t heir toilet or something, and I contemplated pretending. But nothing. Nothing. Surely, Frank thought, if they were there, someone would have called out. Someone would have responded. He would have gotten something. Frank rounded on Mary as he backtracked to the kitchen and she followed him in, flipping on a light that momentarily assaulted his eyes. "Where are they?"She crossed her arms, pursed her lips. Nothing. Frank released an exasperated sigh and headed through the kitchen, towards the back door. He only had the garage left to check, or so he.