He firmly slid his right arm up from my hip and around the side of my waist, let go of my panties, and let my skirt fall in one quick motion. I was so...relieved. However, as I stepped forward he stepped right behind me as though we were a couple exiting together. I still had not even seen his face and yet I allowed him to walk me out the doors and to the left. He casually directed us across the lobby and I could see we were nearing the restrooms. There was the men's room to the left and with no. Shaw lived. From his window, Nicholas could see the left side of the Shaw house, including an unused bedroom. Nicholas remembered that there was a girl who used to live there--Dana--but she had been gone for many years to college. He assumed it was her bedroom still. Then there was the Rubin’s house that abutted the Shaws to the rear. Nicholas had to go all the way to the right of his window in order to look far enough across to the left to see the Rubin’s house. He needed his binoculars to see. " You are already doing things for me. You are helping to feed our community, and I know that you will protect them when the need arises. Just keep that up and I will feel that I have been repaid many fold."I left the shaman's hut to find a place to hide the amulet. Before I had found a place I thought was suitable, I had a thought. I could wear both amulets until I found the woman I wanted to share the future with! What place could be safer than around my neck? I ran back and discussed my idea. It was driving Maggie crazy, but she did her best to keep from showing it."No problem. Did uh..." Did I have fun? YES." Mallory grinned, shutting the door after Maggie."So, your boyfriend?" Maggie asked, sitting on her bed and grabbing a book. Anything to keep herself distracted."Yeah. He's over at Wazoo," she replied, using the local slang name of Washington State University, merely a small drive away."That's nice..." Maggie replied, trying not to look at Mallory. If she even suspected how.