"Now she looked woebegone. "Allan, I'm sorry. Viv's had this campaign going since she knew about you and Jenny. I'm not trying to excuse myself, I was...wrong to follow her advice. I feel a fool."I ignored her intervention and continued."Second. There's your relationship with Derek. That's a big stumbling block for me. There are so many unanswered questions there I don't want to even start. Not tonight, not until I've done a little more research and a little more thinking, but at base I have no. Brenda was a slob. I headed for the stairs down, keeping a careful eye out in case I had missed a motion detector.Someone—housekeeper?—had cleaned the rest of the house. Apparently, the bedroom was Brenda’s private domain and she didn’t allow even the housekeepers in it. I’d rethink that rule if I was her.I continued to the office and carefully replaced the disks in the exact place I’d found them. I was trusting that Jordan would arrive with his search warrant soon after Brenda got home from. Amber quivered as I grabbed her head with both hands and pulled her mouth hard to mine. I needed to taste the fire that she was breathing into my mouth, at its hottest point. The part of the flame that burns white. I needed to taste the sweetness of her complete combustion. I wouldn't be denied. I closed my hands into fists around her damp, scented hair. She dug her nails into my chest and slowly closed her hand into a fist. I could feel strips of my skin being peeled and dragged under her. I started to get the feeling something was going to happen tonight as Jane was definitely in the mood and the guys all seemed to be up for it. Just when I though Jane was going to suggest that we all head back to ours a couple of guys came over and started to chatting to Steve. They played in the same cricket team as him and were on a night. Jane and I did not know any of the new guys so as they all got into conversation we decided to call it a night and head home. We said our goodbyes.