"Well, uh, no, but I have been considering entering a bid to run in thenext election," he said.Laura just nodded. "And just what is Klein, Sheppard, ...nd Lane, if Imight ask?" Well, uh, we are currently the largest holder of government defensecontracts in the country. We are working every day to make sure that,uh, this country remains strong and safe."Laura shook her head. "No, no, no, Mr. Henderson, that just won't do.My sisters and I don't believe we need new weapons to make the worldsafer.. Instead I said, ‘You going girlie on me, handsome? Were you dipping into my stash of romance novels?’ There was a pause. It was not what he wanted to hear from me and I knew it. Why did he stay with me? At times like that one, I thought of myself as more of a burden, a chore, than his girlfriend. Then I heard a depreciating chuckle. ‘Maybe I’m going girlie in my old age. You tell my friends and I deny the whole thing.’ I laughed, simultaneously guilty and relieved that he was willing to joke. "Who is he?" Liina's voice betrayed her suspicion of the man when he was out of sight."I met him at St. Jude's, Liina. His wife was killed a few days after Peter and he needed someone to talk to. He's not a Christian, but I think he's beginning to take the idea seriously. Anyway, he's here for the weekend and he'll be off back to London Sunday evening."Liina said nothing more.With a fitted bottom sheet and a duvet, it didn't take long to sort the bed out. When they were about to leave the room,. I don’t know if he was truly gay or bi, but he was very fond of ... teens at least. Nothing wrong with lusting for youths, but he could have been open about that with Joe and me.“Ryan also liked fucking his patients, and by fucking them, I mean ... raping them. He definitely preferred virgins, probably at least somewhat because of lower risk with them. Yeah, he had issues. It was a toxic marriage. Joe and I plan to get married as soon as this divorce goes through, too.“I hid my love for him.