Dressed in an old pair of shorts, Jennifer's legs seemed even longer than they had been in the short black cocktail dress she wore earlier.To his reli...f, Jennifer sat straight behind the kitchen table, hiding most of her legs. "Family council," she said.Frank straightened in his chair. He felt a slight apprehension, and wondered if they should postpone whatever it was until the morning — it was after midnight. However, he didn't feel all that sleepy, and it would gnaw on him the longer they. He walked over to her table and smiled down at her. The thorns on the roses he grasped in his hand made his hand ache in shooting pain, but as he looked into her light blue eyes he asked her, ‘do you mind if I join you, my name is David?’ Mary felt a warmth spread across her whole body as the man in the casual well cut Armani brushed cotton suit she had seen sitting alone drinking coffee yesterday, approached her. When David stopped and looked into her eyes, she felt a tingle run up hers spine.. .. I mean, dammit Kelli, we're running late for our meeting and you're still in your room playing with yourself? What...what the fuck is this all about?" Kelli's cheeks darkened a shade or two. "Don't swear at me, Will," she said. For a moment, I thought I'd crossed some line, but then I realized she'd picked up the pace under the comforter. More inspiration hit me out of nowhere. "Kelli, I'll swear if I damn well please. We've got five hours of meetings ahead of us, and you're too. ’ Sheron expected anger and wounded pride from her but instead she laid her head on his chest with a resigned sigh. ‘I can take care of myself Sheron. You can’t keep treating me like a child.’ ‘I can not bare the thought of your pain, imaria. Even the thought that I could not keep you safe makes me insane.’ She pushed against him in an angry motion, ‘Do you think it’s any better for me? At least I am not standing in the thick of some foreign battle where you can only scan the headlines of the.