Beyond her anger Tail found the reality that she was in the spire. She was trapped in the Centuri’s home and if Hemmingway didn’t walk her out sh... would be a stray animal trapped until claimed. And for what purpose? Tail slumped back on the floor panting in anger and fear and trepidation.Hemmingway picked himself up. Totalitarianism compelled him to be outraged at the attack. ?Jesus Christ?, he exclaimed the name of the forgotten deity. ?Do you think I wait for the whores I bring up. Once wet from that, we grabbed wood but it, like us, was soaked.We did our best to get dry, then fed the horses and settled in to watch the rain outside the cave. The morning dragged on while the rain continued. I found the critters that lived in the cave were a hungry lot, and they feasted on me when they got the opportunity.Looking around the cave from the sheer boredom of watching the rain, we found enough dry twigs, leaves and such to get the makings of kindling, and a small fire was. WE got drunk on wine and each other. We told our secrets in a hopeless place, you told me about those nights you spent as an escort and how sometimes you loved it. Or maybe that time we were teenagers and we discovered how hot the flames of lust can burn when you're young and foolish. Take care when you play with fire...Can you still remember our first kiss on the Roebling Bridge that hot Summer night over the Ohio River? Hopefully you still remember that night at U.C. when we got outta class. "Oh!" said Charles, turning beet red."He likes your voice," said Bob, grinning at Layla."THANK you!" she said, beaming."Yeah," mumbled Charles, backing toward her. He managed to move around her with his back to her, as if that boner he always went home with had suddenly appeared and he didn't want her to see it."You look good," said Bob, surveying her as Charles closed the door with a thump.She was wearing a skirt, with a matching tank top. Her nipples were plainly visible as dents in the.