The mirror I find myself lookinginto is now bordered by the stickers I walked out of that store with.There was a small part of me still screaming in t...e back of my headabout respect, about being dignified, but I wasn't reallycontradicting any of that. I had new interests, and could maybe get alittle more obsessive about them than-- you know what? No. Sittingin a stationery store for an hour is no more obsessive than going tofour different tailors in search of the right suit jacket. . I was being a fool, she said, but the sad smile she made when she said it kept the ‘fool’ from stingin’ so much. She said I didn’t need to sell myself to other men like that if I didn’t want to. It weren’t exactly sellin’, though. The two of them just took what they wanted. They didn’t pay me or nothin’. How could I tell her that, on some level, I wanted to—even that I went all aflutter when I saw the big, black bruiser Caleb Freeman workin’ on the landscaping out in the square, all shirtless. But you carelessly decided you didn't need to; you foolishly wanted aface-to-face confrontation. What a pity. And how utterly predictablefor someone suddenly flushed with new power." What are you talking about?" I have more power than you, silly girl. That tome you absorbed is,in some sense, a part of me. Provided we both play by the rules, I'mdestined to win any and all head-to-head confrontation between us."Ron carefully looked me over from head to toe. "And yet, I see nogood reason why the. As we sat in the car and started she started to come closer to me then I kissed her on her cheeks and she was overwhelmed and was surprised and at the same time very happy. Later on while I was driving I held her and was kissing her hand often and driving and was squeezing her hand,she was looking at me with her big lovely eyes and blushing. Then same thing continued till 30 mins and as I reached close to her hotel she asked me to stop for a while.I agreed and stopped in 1 corner where less.