" Why does she think I'm going to hurt you?" She's just over-protective." I'd never hurt you, Claire." What if I hurt you?" Is this about that fat wom...n with the nail bar?"I snorted, I didn't want Shannon Davey's memories crowding just now. "Noand yes and no again." It sounds very complicated." Come upstairs." Are you okay with the bed, I could sleep down here?" You lovely great lump, I do love you."I hadn't meant to say it, the words just slipped out as a naturalprogression. His eyes widened. As you walk into the big, warehouse an avalanche of catcalls and wolf-whistles rings out. "All right!" Russ hollers above the music, "the pussy is in the house!"I see you taking in the scene; perhaps, like me, doing a quick mental count. Seventeen.A huge black man, easily 6'7" and built like the college defensive lineman he was, walks over. "I'm Marcus," he says. "The best man. And you are...?"You take a deep breath, and jump into the deep end..."I'm *your* slut," you say.He takes lifts the. " Are you homesick, Ami?" Todd asked with concern."Nope, just making an observation is all. We're used to being gone for weeks at a time. I know we've only just been with you guys for a week, but you know... it feels like that was another life, one that I remember but it seems like so long ago now." I think I understand," said Todd. "Been a lot of changes eh?" To say the least. When we were in training, we didn't think for ourselves. We were told what to do and when to do it. Even when we. The corridor was pitch black compared to the yellow sodium light that had percolated through her bedroom curtains and it took her eyes a good few seconds to adjust. Still, her depth perception wasn’t to be trusted and she made her way carefully forward with her left-hand gliding over the adjacent wall.The rough texture of the dated wallpaper the Landlord had never seen fit to replace rolled across her fingers till she felt the smooth painted wood of the door frame, all her senses seemed to be.