.” “I know, what else is he going, uh, to do?.....you have us pretty good, I mean...” Sam responded, annoyed by her husband's lack of will, and ...ngered by their accountant's unwanted hand forcing its way between her legs. “You have such a fantastic body. And you're so horny! Man, I love when you get wet so quickly...” John muttered, loud enough for Mark to hear. “John! I can't....eh.....help it! My body does what it does and.......uh.....it doesn't mean.....” Mark walked back in. John had his. It blew behind her in a breeze that could not be felt and shimmered from a light that could not be seen. Her amber eyes were comforting and serene, they sparkled with white flame: brilliant, like…a star. Her complexion was fine porcelain, delicate features united in simplistic beauty. Her gentle face was timeless, like those immortalized by the greatest of the renaissance artists. “Will you help me?” he appealed in a whisper of beseech that only she could hear. She closed her eyes and nodded. “Are you okay?” “I’m fine, Patti,” Keisha assured her. “Come on, we should go inside.” Patti ushered her back into the party, avoiding Sean and his crew. As the ladies vanished into the crowded party, Tom could hear Patricia asking what exactly happened and who was that guy out on the terrace with her. “Nothing happened, Patti, don’t worry. It was nothing," Keisha said with one last look over her shoulder at Tom Walker standing alone and frustrated on the terrace. 2. Except it wasn’t nothing.. She'd set the car door just enough so that I couldn't make out what was being said. It would be this exact sequence and the one after that I would find absolutely riveting ever more. For two minutes, maybe three, perhaps longer, it seemed like forever they embraced and kissed and whispered and talked. I imagined gentle laughter, but, I would not bet on that being a truth. He picked her up, separating her from the earth, then set her once more upon it. Her squeal was not imaginary.She turned.