.. god...”“Yeah.” He said quietly.“How long?”“How long what?”“How long have you been in love with me, Mattson?”He was silent for a l...ng time, not trusting himself to speak. She reached out and grabbed his arm with both hands, and shook him gently to try to get his attention.“I have to know, Mattson. I have to know.” She said it with some urgency, as a thought, merely the beginning of a concept, began to form deep in the recesses of her mind, a place of emotion and turmoil that roiled and tossed. I decide to be honest. ‘I’m lonely and I want to know if your worth my time.’ ‘Wow, don’t I feel special.’ Yea I was kind of a bitch, but I needed to see how he responded to a more malevolent tone. ‘You are special. You’re the only one I’m interested in talking to.’ I smiled and continued, ‘and I would love that romantic night more than anything. I’m sorry I can’t help but be a little impatient.’ I could almost feel the grin on his face as he said ‘3. Favorite food?’ ‘Pasta.’ ‘4.Do you like to. “Okay?” I said again, more loudly. She nodded, mouth slack. Even after ten years of satisfying each other’s darker desires, it’s still possible to find the outer edge of trust. I smiled inwardly at the thought that she might be worried my knife skills might not be up to it. Award winning pastry chef and all that.I ran the point of the shiv up the inside of her thigh, revelling in the way that she not only trembled at the sharp scr****g of the tip on her skin, but actually tried to move her. The ambulance men entered the adult theatre and shooed all visitors away, then the fire brigade came and opened the door with axes. After a while I heard the piep-piep of a heart monitor, the writsh of a bloodpreasure cuff. After a while the shop clerk knocked at our booth and told us to leave the cinema area. The fire brigade and the ambulance team left the place, but there been about a half dozen policemen. So I removed the make up and changed my clothes, when I recognised, that my knitted.