She did the same. I passed her some of my stale crackers. We shared the food silently and sat there for a bit, dozing, not hungry for the first time i... days. It was getting dark. I got up and checked out the devastated room. There had been a small explosion back here, and the blackened roof had partly collapsed against the rear door. Mortar round or a rifle grenade, I guessed. Anyway, nobody could get in without making a big racket. Perfect. The toilet tank in the tiny restroom was cracked and. "But really,Jerry, don't youthink that swooning's a wee bit overacting??"***I startled Paul behind his quiet perch on the back road's old log fencein the balmy twilight as my slightly scuffed used brown penny loafers andpowder lime ankle socks climbed up even as my muddled male ego'smisgivings cruelly mocked my off-the-wall dare and longing.Lo! Why am I really doing this? Am I just - crazy??"O wow!..." Paul breathed aloud while gawking my sidle beside him as Iprissily draped and spread my. “I’m sure we can arrange that. You said it was a Dr. Saddler?”“Yes, Dr. Carl Saddler. We also have some of the documentation from my registration here for your files to verify.”Mom handed over the stack of copies we’d made for this meeting and the meeting went more smoothly from there. He was still flustered and asked that we not mention anything about his sexual orientation.“Like I said, I have friends that are gay and friends that are bisexual. It’s never occurred to me to make that an issue.. He dropped the picture in his desperate attempt to cover himself up.Brandi, barely managing to stifle her laughter, turned away to give him some privacy. As she stared at the white walls of his bedroom, she wondered who was wearing the bikini in the photo she’d seen fall to the ground.The Protector would have been thoroughly unsurprised to learn that the picture was of Nicolette, Duncan’s “girlfriend”. Nicolette had a well-earned reputation as a complete and utter cock-tease. Rumor had it that.