'I loved how she could make everything seem like -I- was the selfish one with my own motives. In my mind my friend had been in trouble so it was only ...atural to be there. In hers ... well, I could never work out what was going on in her mind, but I guessed she figured I wanted the chance to lord a sign of weakness on her behalf over her. Maybe when we had first met, sure, but not any more.'It's not a competition, Pepper.' I said softly. 'Believe it or not, I like you.''Don't get all sentimental. ””They’d been, obviously,” Keri commented. “How did their wives like it?””Well, he said they’d been back since, so I guess she did,” Adam replied.”Well, if you’ll take good care of me i’ll go and see what it’s like,” Keri said, smiling at him. ”What else should I wear?””Well, I heard there’s dancing, so something comfortable for that.””It’ll be strange dancing blind,” Keri commented. “But it could also be sort of neat too, I guess. Let’s go change,” she said, turning towards their bedroom.It. “Oh, such a little gun,” one of the three taunted.“Come on big man -- now you gotta shoot.”I nodded toward the girl and she took to her heels. The three punks advanced on me.“Come on, shoot...”I backed from them until stopped by a wall. The leader was within spitting distance when red and blue flashing lights illuminated the alley.The three skinheads scattered. “Hey watch it! He has a gun!” one of them hollered toward the policeman stepping from his squad. His partner approached me with his gun. When he came to, with a throbbing headache he tries standing up, and when he finished collecting himself and gaze at his surroundings, he is now standing in a clearance of sort, and not far from there he can see a mansion, "I'm saved", he thought to himself, so he starts making his way there as fast as his legs could.Once he reaches the main gate, he could see no sign, no handle, just an ominous large black metal gate standing there, barring himself entry from what he can see as a beautiful.