I needed to think about what had been said on the ride down here. She had said no but was that really ‘no, I’m not interested’ or was it ‘no, ... need to think about this, so give me some space?’ There were several times over the years that I had seduced straight women into my bed and some of them said ‘no’ but came back later. The only thing to do was give Lisa space, not crowd her, and see if she was tossing a coin in her head. There was nothing sweeter than introducing a straight woman to the. Aren’t they great? Now that we are fucking, it will give me easy access to you without having to take your clothes off.”She couldn’t believe what an asshole Kyle still was even after she gave him her virginity. “And you better not resist me if you know what’s good for you.”She lowered her head and replied, “okay Kyle, you win. I will do whatever you say. Hopefully you’ll change your mind and love me someday.”“That isn’t going to happen. But I will certainly keep protecting you on this. Thinking about the guns made me feel a little better; it took my mind off the inevitable fight. I pulled my flack vest down a little, trying to settle it more comfortably over my chest. The thing is heavy, full of bullet proof plates and gels designed to seal wounds if anything actually pushes though it. Worse though is the helmet, big ill fitting dome that isn't even designed to take a direct hit, just deflect glancing ones. I breathed heavily again and looked around; everyone was positioned. I almost let her leave.“I’m sorry,” Laura mumbled again. “I’m so sorry, Alaina. But I don’t—” She cleared her throat. “I don’t want you to forgive me. I just want to go. I’ll drive back ... I’ll go see Ceci one more time. I’ll say goodbye. And then... “Alaina hugged her tighter. “No. No, no, no, no, no! No! NO!” She rocked back and forth as she clutched at the seemingly-lifeless girl. “Laura, no! You can’t! I won’t let you!”“Mom and Dad were right, Alaina,” Laura said in a completely dead.