The restaurant he chose was well out of town so he guessed that if he did not like what he saw he could leave without even talking to her. He already ...new what she looked like facially, but wondered if the rest of her was what he had hoped for. Her name was Lucy and she had short black hair and was thirty-eight years of age. He knew she wore glasses but that did not bother him, he already knew that she had never been married so he guessed that if he liked what he saw, it would be easy for him. And it’s hard to feel innocent when your name is plastered on the front of the newspaper. ‘Man Found Stabbed Outside Reporter, Ex-girlfriend’s Home’. It didn’t help that she worked for the damn paper that printed it. ‘Thank you,’ Nicki said, her eyes blurring with sudden moisture. Liam sighed. He’d had enough of women crying for one week. Although he’d be grateful to have the chance to watch Carly cry again. She wasn’t returning his phone calls. ************* The memory of his hands on her body. I snapped awake to the bed shifting and stopped reaching for my pistol when I saw Flame.She smiled, “do you always sleep with a pistol?”She was naked and I looked around before I sat up, “yes.”She nodded, “all of my grandmothers have been talking and lecturing me.”I sighed and scooted back to the headboard, “do you know what it means to be mates on Kaire?”She nodded, “I know.”I waited and she moved closer, “you are handsome and smart. If you were raised on Kair and have Kaire parents you have. She waited,listening to the rain.'Come on,Paul,please'. she said aloud. Suddenly she became aware of footsteps,there was a loose floorboard at the end of the corridor which led to the dormitory,the girl's themselves had loosened it so that they would be aware of anyone approaching and have time to vacate their boyfriend's out of their rooms and into the utility cupboard if they heard the floor board creak,but this time it wasn't an unwanted guest,in a moment Paul was standing in her room,the.