He was seated close to me, our knees almost touching under the table. He said quietly “I thought you were thirsty” and slid one of the bottles of ...ater closer to me. I opened it and took a sip from the bottle. He was making me more than a little nervous. I could make out his face now and he had an expression that was calm, but I also could tell he was enjoying the view. I set the bottle down on the table and was seated with my hands in my lap. I saw a warm smile come to his face and he said. She drove for a block, then two, the car lurching, coughing, and shuddering all the while. She feared it would die, how could she get out of this part of town. She inched near the curb on a block devoid of parked cars. It crawled, slowing as she neared the middle of the block. With one last gasp, the car ... died.Looking about, Kristen took in the depressing vista. Most of the buildings were vacant, empty stores, locked up tight, windows boarded over, the impression of a lost civilization. Any law violated by 60% of the population makes no sense. Today, having consensual sex with a person under eighteen makes one a molester. Same behavior is normal yesterday, but makes you a wacko today. Or is that the other way round? Come on Ms. God, make up your mind.That is why Roberta stood in front of a judge, her lawyer at her side, the prosecutor looking smug because he had gotten tons of publicity from this trial and helped his re-election chances immeasurably. Justice doesn't matter. If I had a camera I would have taken a picture for days I wanted something really nice. But in this case, no camera.I started to get pretty tired from the Ice Wine and chatting with the salesman about his life. I suggested he help me get my husband back to our room but he said we should let him sleep and that I was more then welcome to lie down on the bed and he'd take the sofa. I was too drunk to argue and made the quick transition to the bed from the sofa.I woke up a couple hours later to the.