I embraced it instead, hoping that if I amplified it, Levi wouldn’t be able to take it any longer, and he would jump my bones already. I had almost ...ucceeded by the time the band announced their break. The music stopped for a moment, the drones of incomplete silence filling the air as the dancers dispersed. Levi and I were still locked together in a tight embrace, staring each other in the eye, daring one another to go further. I vaguely registered the quieter music the bar began to pump. But I hated the late evening work and was not feeling real happy about the change. But there was bright spot, that young flirty woman was going to need to find someone else to tease with her low-cut tops and jeans. It all started about 2-weeks ago when I was working the shoe department when this young woman approached me from behind. I did not hear her and was on my knees stocking a bunch of cheap ass sandals that looked like something a hooker would not be caught dead in! I first realized she. It was an easy job to find her. She still worked at the bank. All I had to do was watch for her to leave. When she went home I simply followed her. After that it was just a matter of waiting. I knew she liked to drink and I explored the neighborhood. She didn't have a car and rode the bus to work. I figured she'd do her heavy drinking somewhere close to home.She reached the end of the fence and launched off on her own. I prayed she would make it home instead of passing out on the street. It was. A few seconds later they were jumping out of the way as the heavier SUV pushed the truck toward them. I came out of the car with the .38 in one hand and the derringer in the other. Like I had said to Mike, I had to hope that Martin was as good as he thought he was. It was dark as hell outside the circle of Mike’s headlights. ‘I heard the distinctive rattle of the M4. I was determined to wait until I saw something to shoot at before I wasted my few rounds. From out of nowhere someone grabbed.