Steps in, and is within a foot of me by the time the soft-close mechanism latches. He stands behind me, eyes fixed on mine over my shoulder. He can su...ely detect my thudding heartbeat; quickening when he steps in and scoops my hair back. I shiver. The sweetness of flavoured tonic sliced by the sharpness of gin fizzes my senses as his lips brush my neck.Being under his spell is so anti-me. Across town, my husband tends to the kids and prepares dinner while I prepare to sin. What began as flirty. They both were soon to become privy to something even more sinister. Joshua’s place was now run down, badly in need of a new roof and some overall attention. Since his wife died a few years back he was too old and disinterested in life in general to really care. His only special interests in life were his bible, Harleys and the little girl next door. At noon Joshua had his usual microwaved lunch and then took his nap. He was seventy-five but still was as mentally acute as ever. He and his late. ” She repeated. “Please?”I was suddenly as excited as she was; so, the good girl wasn’t too good after all.It was more than just about getting laid; if we did it, we could hang out. Be a couple for a while, be lovers, maybe fall in love and all that shit.I was into that; the odds were stacked against us, but I was willing to let the relationship run its course if we were going to be sleeping together.Maybe, I thought to myself, maybe somewhere deep down, I am marriage material.She watched me. “I can explain,” Ben announced as Julia, Claire, and he returned, “it’s not an accident. We sent suggestions in the form of subliminal messages to these individuals to drive them here, if they weren’t already headed this way. We wanted them to be easier to zap, as it were. In fact, Mireya’s Aunt Veronica is en route this very moment.”“Excellent, so let’s get into action, not that there will be a dramatic change with several of these folks,” I chuckled as I zapped Chet and Mindy first.Almost.