Lead the way."Simon walked over to the side door and opened it. "After you," he said.Dutch walked through and stepped a few feet into the alley. He ...ooked around to see if there was anything he could use for a weapon. The alley was dark, darker than he expected. With the buildings all around, it seemed more like a room than an alley. Simon walked out and closed the door behind him. He waved his arm, and the room -- for that was what it really was -- was lit by the glow of torched hanging. If I stay quiet... don't do anything to disturb him he'll g-go away... and not heart me... Oh, God... please... ?She tried to close her thighs, but the huge, tawny cat looked up at her with baleful yellow eyes and growled once, a warning. She froze.As the great head dropped again to her loins and began greedily to lap at the narrow, pink furrow between her thighs, she saw that a leather collar encircled the beast's neck. This gave her yet another ray of hope. Was this huge wild animal a pet?. ‘I know you kept telling me how taken she is with me, but I just couldn’t believe it that someone as special and as beautiful as she is could be interested in a regular old sailor like me.’ ‘Don’t sell yourself short Billy, you’re very special as well. I don’t think I’d still be here if it wasn’t for you. I probably would have gone back to Liverpool by now, but instead I’ve stayed and I’m glad that I have. I have you to thank for that,’ she said gratefully. ‘Really?’ he asked, genuinely. ”Rigby briefly held her hand and said, “My name’s Rigby.” He nodded and tried to smile while he pulled out a sandwich wrapped in wax paper.“That’s a new one,” said the girl. “What’s a, I mean who was Rigby?”He almost laughed. “Oh, it’s a town, up in Canada, and an old English name, an admiral I think, way back, my mother’s family, goes back, I don’t know, hundreds of years. We’ve got this crest in a frame hanging on the wall.”“No kidding. My name’s Baker. That’s about as ordinary as they.