She was young but she was no fool. He was cunning and deceiving. Why could nobody see that was beyond her? ***************** ‘Damn it!’ Leigh was...late and she hated being late, but last night she couldn’t sleep, a certain pair of green eyes were in her mind the whole night, keeping her from falling asleep. It was around 5 A.M. when she managed to drift into a deep and wonderful dream. ‘Damien,’ that was his name. In her dreams, she watched him cross to her, entranced by his magnetism. There. "What's wrong?" asked Gerry as she lay in his arms afterwards and he saw the tears brimming in her eyes."Nothing's wrong, nothing at all," sobbed Jill. "That was wonderful. It couldn't have been more right."Gerry did not really understand - women could be so strange, sometimes - but he gently pulled his wife closer to him and kissed her forehead.They lay together like this for a long time until Gerry said:"I noticed 'Fighter Squadron' on the coffee table when I came in. Have you decided to. "I love your broad forehead..." My egg head?" It makes you look intelligent. I like intelligent girls. And, I love your skin ... and your hair..." You seem to love the things about me that I don't particularly care for," she said."I love all of you, Debra. I love you." I know you do, Brian. I know." Do you love me?" Those are words that have always been difficult for me to say."He kissed her lips again. "Then, tell me in other ways." Brian took her hand and placed it on his chest. He kissed. I was really having a good run, and found myself sitting on an extra $47,000 before long. Sonny had left soon after I arrived, and Navarone was starting to count the chips, probably settling on being down a grand or two. The redhead was probably up between five and ten grand, but it was hard to tell, since she masked it well, and I didn’t look for long – although her image was burned into my brain. Her drink was delivered, and she looked around the other two tables in the high roller area,.