She stood from that chair and took a seat on the desk, leaning back toward me, bottle still in hand. God, she smelled of roses. Roses and rain. I watc...ed in stunned silence as her tongue darted out to lick those lips. The bottle lifted then and she took a sip before handing it over to me. Fingers brushed mine and the electricity that hummed between us couldn’t be mistaken. ‘Sui. Sammi Sui.’ The name was as lovely as she. My head shook and took hold of the bottle and brought it up to my lips,. It wasn't heavy and I had a persuasive urge to go outside, naked. The crisp cold night made it particularly exhilarating for some reason. I just put on my trainers and left the house. It was so quiet, no wind just the sound of my shoes on the snow. The snow enhanced the weak street lighting, and I sort of danced down the road displaying my body to Jack Frost! Then I heard distant voices approaching, a couple of lads going home late from the pub by the sound of them. I sort of panicked, started. “Turn around,” he commanded her. Hamida obeyed.Still holding the belt in his right hand, he pulled her both arms together behind her back, placed her forearms against each other against her lower back and started tightening his belt around her both forearms.“Arav, what are you gonna do?”“Shut up. One more word from you and I will do to your mouth what I just did to your forearms,” Arav said as he locked up her arms like that and turned her back towards him.“Lean against the wall,” Arav. David, roll over so I can show them your neck."I did as I was told."Look at this bruise," Becky continued. "It was caused by the edge of his helmet pressing into his spinal cord. In college, I saw the exact same bruise. That player never walked again."Jill had me roll on my side so they could see all my bruises."We rubbed him down with an analgesic to deaden the pain. The good news is we think that the damage is not as bad as it looks." We will work on him till Wednesday and see if we can get.