"Well, no point in waiting around any longer. Let's go, go, go!"Assam burst from the door of the hotel they had been sheltering in and raced across th... street. He had armed his teams with Heckler and Koch sub machine guns and he had his slung tightly over his shoulder and gripped in front of him. A flick of his wrist opened the door to the hotel and he crashed inside, the rest of his men close behind.He knew that speed and constant movement were the key to these kind of situations, so he tried. That was good in a way, because it let the anticipation build for both of us. I think she and Belle were under no such constraints, but if they were it was none of my business.I finally made it up to the El Paso Hotel Saturday morning to check on the progress Belle had made sitting in for me. I couldn’t believe how much had been done in the last eight or nine days. Except for the draperies for the windows in Belle’s piano bar, everything was shipshape for our grand opening coming up on the. "It's his fault really. He's the crazy one here." So he forced you?" Yeah. He's always forcing me to do cool things. He kind of saves me from my self." What do you mean?" You should have seen me before we became friends. I was like a turtle disappearing inside the shell." But you're beautiful!" exclaimed the beautiful Amazon."Thanks," said the princess. "So are you." Are you kidding?" said the Amazon. "I'm enormous. I scare the little boys away." You're gorgeous," I said. The princess. Half an hour later she began cooking them a meal and, unable to meet Steve's gaze, made her excuses and left the room. She tried to read, but couldn't stop her mind racing.She heard the sound of their voices downstairs and once more felt herself burning with desire. She needed a shower.It was as she left the bathroom, towels wrapped around her, that she saw Steve again. Standing at the top of the stairs, half blocking her path."I embarrassed you didn't I?" he said."Embarrassed?" Yes, what I.