When he finishes there will be nothing left of your pretty friend but a trunk- a disfigured, but living trunk. All because you did not obey me!"Then a...grinning Arkan offered to demonstrate Alexander's skill with his knife for real on the frightened, sobbing Bobbie- if that is what Val needed to see. It was in truth a bluff on Arkan's part. Having sold the two women, he could not now mutilate Bobbie. But the two American women had no way of knowing about the sale. They believed him capable of. I live in a small town in mid Iowa, where the population is small enough so I had my solitude as I ran through the night. Tonight, however, I was delayed because my parents were going out of town for the next 2 weeks and were leaving tonight around midnight, being that they had a late flight out. I took them out to a late dinner as a goodbye present, (I’m a very nice son I have been told). I still wanted to run though, so as soon as I arrived home, I changed out of my jeans and t-shirt, and. Go shopping. Run some errands. Go visit with some friends. Hell, you've got the weekend to yourselves. Go into the mountains. Rent a cabin. See if you can bring back that old spark of romance." David!" Listen, Beck, the girls are already here and have already unpacked. It's my weekend. Unless you have a valid reason for them not to be here this weekend, they are staying. If you want to punish them for running away or whatever, it will wait until Monday. Do not punish Em and Hayley because I was. Of course, why would you ever think a girl like that would want you? She just meant dinner to catch up as a friend. After the initial disappointment, you push through and find that we all get along well and have an enjoyable dinner anyway, even if it isn’t going to end the way you hoped. When dinner is done we sit, chatting comfortably on the sofa, my feet propped up in your lap as you gently run your hand over the tops of them, brushing lightly against me, trying so hard to resist but needing.