Either the company had managed to kill or drive off all the orcs, or the creatures simply decided that a fight with the effective company of mercenari...s was not conducive to a long life. The journey through the underground passages was uneventful, and the group soon smelled the change in the air that signaled that they were close to the entrance.Stepping out into the sunlight a little later, Christi smiled, knowing that she had performed well in the caves. Rochelle had already complimented her,. The next three books on the list combined sold almost as many copies. Inhale, Exhale was back up to fifth place, and Deep Breath had reached tenth. The publisher expected sales of Deep Breath to increase in the next two weeks as new readers finished reading Inhale, Exhale.After that, they caught a 2:30 a.m. flight headed nonstop to Long Beach. They could tell that one of the flight attendants recognized Matt. There were two flight attendants in first class, along with four passengers besides. Heinsisted on picking most of what we bought, but nothing was so awful asthat miniskirt I was still wearing, so I was okay with that. And when wegot back to his place, I changed into something closer to what I wouldhave worn regularly: just some jeans and a tee shirt, with the new,better-fitting underwear. I was finally close to comfortable. We playedsome X-Box, watched an NBA game, and I gave him a blow job. That lastpart was unpleasant, but I felt like he deserved it. He'd dropped a tonof. If she would have won you would have expected me to take you out next right?”She made a face and said “I guess” and then she shut up and pouted for the rest of the ride home. I walked her to her door and when I went to kiss her she turned her head giving me the choice of kissing her cheek or not kissing her at all. I chose not at all and turned and left.When I got to work the next day I expected Connie to interrogate me wanting to know all about my date with Meli, but she didn’t say a word;.