I smiled briefly as I thought to myself that I shouldn't get the two bags confused. I doubted I'd look half as good in that skimpy outfit as Amanda wo...ld.I dropped the bag on my bed and went into the bathroom, fully expecting Kelsey's bathroom door to be closed too. To my surprise, it was wide open, and when I went into her bedroom I saw why: she wasn't there.I sighed deeply and felt a shiver ripple through my gut. Kelsey and I had been thicker than flies for the last five years or so, and we. He wasn’t some intellectual, well-educated and trained, but his eyes said ‘listen’ and she did, people did. Now his eyes also contained a depth of sorrow; he had warned them often enough but; she looked around; few of his friends seemed to have listened.Jude did, yes, he listened, he weighed things up; he didn’t like her, he thought she was common and sluttish; he was suave and middle-class; smooth and slippery she would say. But they had come to the same conclusion. If you play with fire like. So ready to give up. The bar was filling up and people were moving towards the downstairs club that had just opened. Suzie was keen to go in but it was getting late and John would be worrying. Marie took out her purse to pay for her drink when a deep voice said,'get that for you?'. She began to smile once again and shake her head but when she looked up the face in front of her was the black man with dreaded hair. There was a slick smile on his thick lips and she flinched as he stood a little. ’ ‘He’s not crazy right?’ Elise questioned sternly ‘No’ Steven responded ‘He wouldn’t hurt my children would he?’ ‘Of course not, he’s my brother.’ ‘Then he stays with us.’ Elise smiled. ‘Are you sure?’ he queried searching her eyes for any sign of duress. ‘Stop analysing my reactions Steven, look you have been here with us for the most stressful time of my life when I hit rock bottom with two screaming boys vying for my attention. I quite frankly don’t know how you put up with my obsessive.