The $200 tip he gave her probably didn’t hurt, either. Roxy (that was the stripper of course) did warn him to be prepared for a change. ‘She’s a...nice girl, but she’s going to look different. OK, sweetie? You gotta be prepared.’ He drove to the address immediately, barely stopping at the red lights. Chapter 15 – Let Your Heart Hold Fast John’s heart was in his throat. The neighborhood he walked through was distinctly unsafe, but he had failed to notice. It is possible that Air Force One could. I was in a trance. Emily knew that her wordspenetrated deep into me. She took a bite of her meal and smiled."Are you still with me, Vanessa?" she waved her hand in front of myeyes.I blinked and came back from the Twilight Zone. "Yes, I'm with you." I didn't mean to put you into a coma like state, I just had to get outwhat I feel about you." I know," my head couldn't stop spinning.I took another drink and drained my glass. I signaled the waiter torefill my glass. I took another mouthful. Maybe I. I simply took Ronnie on her word. I had no reason to doubt her at that stage. It was a straightforward open discussion. She never once raised any objection to my request.I went ahead and talked to Joe and told him that Ronnie and I were not happy with the agreement that we had and that we had decided that we wanted to meet with others as well as him and Sally. He told me that he was disappointed but agreed to meet with us on Mondays and Wednesdays.I then told him that the only time that we. This got us talking and since then, we haven’t stopped. In the next few days, we started talking more. We spent more time together. As we got closer in no time, our friendship turned into a relationship.Suguna became my girlfriend. I couldn’t be any happier. We would talk a lot about absolutely anything. We would kiss every time we were alone and no one was around.Even when we were not together, we would constantly text each other, we would chat till late in the night. Whenever we kissed, I.