Maybe he wanted to wait. But why didn’t he tell me if he did? When he had broken up with me I thought about why he’d done it and that was the only...reason I could think of.“What a stupid idiot!” Reese cried out. The few people in the restaurant with us looked our way and he lowered his voice. “Was he blind? Or was he gay? Did he not see how beautiful you are?”I blushed again, this time from the praise. “I’m not beautiful.”“Yes, you are, Destiny. Look at you. Your body’s perfect, not to slim but. Remember me, the Shadow? However, he did present me with a last gift. It was tradition, he said, so I had no reason to reject it. When he set a blade on my hand, I was worried that he wanted to do a .... blood offering or something. But no, he was giving the dagger to me. It had a sleeping purple and green snake engraved into the handle, curled around a gem. It was a fine blade, and I felt it in my hand. It felt okay, but with practice I could wield this well. And that was it.I left through the. By the time I met Bill I had no desire to ever sleep with another woman, and that's the way it's been until ... well, until I ran in to Jennifer."Laura took a sip of wine and paused for a moment, looking out into the darkness before continuing."She told me she was jealous of her brother the whole time we were dating. When Jerry told her why he dropped me she admitted to developing this fantasy about us being lovers. She told me she would lay in bed and dream of her and me kissing. She didn't. A couple hours later you're tipsy and so is Alison. It loosens her inhibitions even more than usual. She leans over and whispers in your ear."You're a very attractive man Tom." she says.Woozily you try to think of a way to get out of it without offending her."Alison, you're attractive too, but you're my boss, it could cause problems." you say."No one will say anything." she says and puts her hand on top of yours."Alison." you say but she interrupts you."I need a man like you around, you're.