From the moment she ran into him he had desperately wanted her. He would do anything to have her. Have her, and then keep her forever. She just didn�...�t know it yet. “So, Serena McGuire, why is your husband not accompanying you,” he questioned none too subtly. Serena sighed, letting the soft brogue of his question carry her away to green hills and wattle and daub houses. “Hmm? Oh, I’m not married.” “You are here alone?” When she smiled, his heart clenched, “No, not alone. My girlfriend is. We looked into it and there’s a very good possibility we can convert it to the new fuel cells and install the unit to power an electric car after we pull the electric motor and components. Our figures show that such a unit would achieve power and speeds that would exceed a V-8 engine. We did further calculations and the cost per mile in such a car would be somewhere in the range of one-to-two cents per mile.”“What would the projected cost of such a power unit be, using all the new components. There was something more here I thought - something more than simply mother trying to seduce me into doing good at school or John boning his mom. "How much did you read Barry?" She couldn't meet my eyes."Enough." I lied.Those eyes slowly rose to look at me almost in fear, sadness and love, "I knew something had changed in you - I never guessed you read it."Whatever the book was, was intriguing me intensely at this point."So you know." She swallowed thickly and took a deep breath and looked. It would spoilyour little fantasy where I'm the bad guy, and the bunch of you just gaveme my just deserts. Well, I didn't deserve to be raped." I know you didn't. We never planned for that to happen." Maybe not, but by putting me in that position, you put a target on myback, and someone took the shot, so you're as much to blame as they are."I turned back to him, and looked him in the eye. " Would you like me todescribe what they did to me? "He turned white, and shook his head, and then I turned.