He kept opening and closing his mouth aimlessly as if trying to speak but no sound came out of him other than a shallow, hollow roar, like a deathly s...ore."Hang on father, don't try to talk, just breath. Let's stop the blood, first," said Nicole in an impossibly calm voice, even as she tied the towel around Father Likembe's neck as tight as possible without choking him. Ethan had remained stunned at how she had completely ignored him. Then the realisation sank home that he'd almost killed the. .. I’m going to the kitchen.”, I asked. “No, I’m fine.”, she answered. When I came back into the bedroom, I heard the shower running and the door was closed. I pulled back the covers on the bed and climbed in propping up the pillows. About ten minutes later Lexie came out in a short t-shirt and black laced panties. She walked over to her side on the bed and got in with that playful grin on her face.“Are you ever going to let me off the hook for leaving you?”, she asked. “Uh Lex, if I wouldn’t. ‘Stare long enough, you may be able to convince everyone you are not ugly inside,’ I spat. She looked hurt, ‘Why do you hate me so much?’ I expected her to come at me or make a snide remark or even call the Jock to settle it out with me, but this was a reaction I did not anticipate. ‘Huh?’ I asked dumbly. ‘I asked why you hate me. We have never interacted. I don’t think you even know my last name. Then how are you so confident I am not worth liking?’ ‘I..’ ‘How are you any different from Jock?’. .”“No . . . you didn’t. It’s just that I’m . . .” Not. A. Lesbian. Are those words so hard to say? “Shy. I haven’t been with many . . . lovers before.”“So, you do . . . like me then?”I thrust my lips forward in reply and kissed her hot and deep. Only for a moment, though, since we were at work.Honest to God, she was blushing. And speechless. “Well . . .oh, wow. Me oh my.”“Meet you after work?”“Absolutely.” That night we took a walk and talked. She said she was fine with moving slow, something.