The place was crowded as it usually is but a gentleman gave up a chair for me at the bar. Surveying the landscape I could see many possible suitors. A...predator with boldness and confidence would find me an easy prey tonight.It wasn’t long before I was approached with an offer to buy me a drink. He was clean shaven with short, close cut hair, a fade maybe? He’s large framed but not fat or obese, a football players build, probably in his early thirties. His hands were rather large and later I. Tyler actually felt kind of sexy to have Mrs. Bradley seeing his naked behind, as long as he didn’t have to turn over. He figured he could stay on his stomach until his mom and Jamie came back, and then he would slink back into the pool before anyone could see his crotch. Until then he decided to be a gracious host and chat with Mrs. Bradley, so he asked, “So what is my mom examining Jamie for?”The teenager’s innocent question was the opening Charlotte needed to move the conversation to a more. That, too, did not help. Like Nowy Kiev, Daraja was a city divided by water. The Orlan ran through the middle of the walled city, becoming an enclosed harbor in the city center. Two draw bridges spanned the river on either end, connecting the two halves. Outside the city walls, canals had been dug, turning the city into two islands. Beyond those, the city had continued to grow, spreading out on either shore of the Orlan. Stone walls, not as thick or high, surrounded those settlements.This was. He was a guy from the club, a coloured guy. What was his name? Dick? Derek. Pretty well built, with a well-toned body. Not at all the body builder type, though.His sweet tenor voice greeted her. She walked slower to let him get alongside her. She said hi and smiled. Then she said she hadn't seen him at the gym. He told her he had only been there for a drink. He wanted to know where she had been these weeks. She told him she'd been to Europe and he said, well, Europe! And she laughed at the way.