’ The angry expression faded away, replaced with curiosity, ‘You were there when John Heywood hit that guy? I saw it in the paper.’ ‘Yes. Yes,...I was there, but it wasn’t John’s fault.’ ‘You know John Heywood?’ The woman’s demeanor changed completely and in a flash. ‘Well, yes, John took me to the grand opening. That’s why I needed the dress, and –‘ ‘What? Why didn’t you say so?’ The woman removed the dress from the counter. ‘Darling, don’t worry about this dress, I’ve got something to clean it. "But alas Vlad isn't here yet," I suggested."Now you tell me," he replied light heartedly. "Actually I knew that, he will be along in a couple of days. In the meantime I was hoping you knew a place." Leon, I don't have a place yet. I am working on it, but at the moment I really don't," I admitted."Then dear, I guess you are going to have me as a house guest until we can find a place," he said."And what makes you think I would entertain a complete stranger, even a charming one?" I replied."I. All the fear melted away and I just wanted to stay in that embrace forever.He came in and we made chitchat while I fixed some tea. He asked if I was okay about fifty times and I finally pulled the bandage away from my neck and showed him. I think he almost threw up. I know I did the first time I looked at it in a mirror. And, little bitch that I am, I was thinking that if he was that concerned, why didn’t he come and visit me in the hospital? At the same time, I was still scared of the lecture. His lips met hers. There was nothing tentative about his kiss, yet he wasn’t forceful. He allowed her to control the pace and intensity. She started slow, little exploratory kisses, but it wasn’t long before the force of her lust boiled up and her kisses got deeper. Just like his description earlier, the switch flipped inside her, the flood gates opened and the desire for him that had been building from the second she’d laid eyes on him burst forward. Without realizing it she ended up.