I stopped suddenly. My eyes narrowed and my nostrils flared. Taking a deep breath, I exhaled slowly. Penny, recognizing the signs, placed her hand ins...de her bag as she quickly looked around."Miz Washington, I'd be careful if I were you. You never know, the next time you cross the spirits, might be your last," I thought to her as menacingly as I could."You don't scare me boy!" she exclaimed. But her eyes, wide with fright, gave away her false bravado.I tweaked her a little, and she slumped back. "As Mark, I was just another face in the crowd that thetop brass never noticed. But as the only woman at the firm, it wasn'thard to make my achievements stand out."College basketball player Tanesha Johnson couldn't agree more. "AsDarnel, all I did was ride the bench," says the statuesque, 20-year-oldsophomore. "But when I joined the girl's team, I start nearly everygame. Recruiters from the WNBA keep calling me. I'm only sorry I didn'tdo this earlier."Dr. Tanaka will accept any patient above. Louise squeezed Steve’s hand and said, ‘I’m starting to have some feelings for you, too. As a matter of fact, I’m a bit jealous about sending you over there now. I don’t want her to steal you away from me.’ ‘Don’t worry about that, Louise. We’ll just stick to the plan, and everything will work out fine. Trust me on this. Remember, I’m studying to be a lawyer.’ Steve grinned widely, and Louise had to laugh. ‘You look just like a shark!’ she said ‘All the best lawyers are like sharks,’ he said.. It gave me time to breathe. To think. ‘Are we going to do this? Am I just mistaking this? What if I’m misreading this.’ The thoughts ran wild in my head.Cat returned to the balcony and handed me my wine glass. I put it on the side table next to me. Cat took a big swig of hers. ‘So where were we?’ smiled Cat. ‘Ah yes. I was about to kiss you. Again.’ Again I froze. My heart almost stopped as she leaned in and kissed my lips. So soft, so tender, her tongue danced inside my mouth and her lips.