"We could have been on time," she answered. "Steve just doesn't like to break the speed limit." And it ended there.Up in her room, Shannon paused befo...e donning her nightgown. She looked once again at her naked figure in the mirror. She thought back to the end of the summer. The meadow had been a special place, and the summer mornings had been special times. The last morning there had been most special of all.She had been lying in the meadow holding a bouquet of wild flowers Steve had picked. ”Why did ISIS blow up a KFC?Because they thought they were attacking an American Colonel.The orthopedic surgeon I work for was moving to a new office, and his staff was helping transport many of the items.I sat the display skeleton in the front of my car, his bony arm across the back of my seat. I hadn’t considered the drive across town. At one traffic light, the stares of the people in the car beside me became obvious, and I looked across and explained, “I’m delivering him to my doctor’s. . ''I don't mind being dragged out of the shower, ' he said, and my mouth went suddenly dry, imagining pulling back the shower curtain and seeing him with the water jetting down on his bare skin, and grabbing his wrist and pulling him out, dragging his wet, naked body into my arms... I swallowed. 'I'm sorry, ' I said again. 'I live next door, and... ''I know, ' he said, 'I've seen you working on your laptop. I'm Guy!'' and he held out his hand. I took his wet hand in mine, and felt a surge of. Sometimes they make me eat her cream pies.I know she only married me for the material things I could provide for her. I was orphaned at the age of eleven and upon reaching the age of twenty-one, I inherited a sizable fortune.My fortune is in the form of a trust administered by an attorney. My attorney insisted on a pre-nuptial agreement and that remains the tie that binds us together. If Melissa leaves me for any reason, she is cut off without a cent. Even with that, her hold over me goes.