'"Nobody knows you work at it, Sara, least of all me. It seems to come about so naturally. Like yesterday, when you asked Ralph if he had cleared his ...nvitation with Helen.'"I needed to be certain, that's all. I couldn't say I'd go until I knew it was a valid invitation. I'll probably call her tonight to see what I should bring and sort of break the ice.'"That's just what I mean, Sara. You think about these things ... And then, Jerry told us about how he met you one night in the supermarket,. "You are gorgeous! Are you sure you want to be seen in public with a dumpy, middle-aged Sheriff's Deputy?" Well..." Madeleine replied in mock hesitancy, "I guess it will be all right... Nobody knows me here."Lindsay's was uncrowded and the maitre d' escorted them to a pleasingly secluded second-floor table at a window overlooking the riverfront."Are you trying to impress me?" Madeleine said when they were alone."I bring all the visiting cops here," Sam replied."It's beautiful, Sam. I've heard. The river and the trees at its edge drew quickly closer as we levelled with them, neck and neck we raced and then slowly I edged ahead, my thighs feeling the powerful muscles flexing as I gripped tightly with my knees just, only just, in control of my excited animal's exertions. We careered up to the river bank, just in the lead. By now I was worried about our ability to stop. In the end it really didn't matter, my lovely horse simply swerved at the very last moment, leaving me to describe a. No reply. "Phew," she sighed. Looking back to the screen now, Jessica noticed things had really escalated. A man had pinned some woman over a table and was furiously thrusting into her repeatedly. Annoyingly, the camera angle left much up to imagination. More... she wished. No! she told herself. You're better than this Jessica! She continued to argue with herself, but her internal debate was interrupted by the camera angle change she had wished for. On the screen before her was a close up view.