' He met me in the hall as he was leaving his room and I'm afraid that the years away from my former profession proved me rusty. My face must have sho...ed my surprise as he immediately pulled the gun he had tucked into the back of his pants and brought it to bear between my eyes. It was at this point my old training came to the fore; there's nothing like the sight of the black hole of imminent death to make the old automatic reflexes instinctively erupt. He looked surprised as he fell into a. “Heather, just being with you makes me lucky.” It sounded lame, but he figured it was a safe answer, in case Heather was trying to make a point.She hadn’t been, but it sounded very sweet. She hugged him and leaned forward and up, to lick his ear and whisper, “There is absolutely nobody home right now.” Robby pulled back slightly and looked at her curiously. “Well, no kids anyway, and Lauren is probably going to come home very late and very drunk. We can go downstairs and have all sorts of. “He was such a crook! I can’t believe it took this long to get rid of him!”“I wouldn’t complain too much,” Elyse said. “It was peaceful.”“Unless your name was Benigno Aquino,” George sighed.“Well, yeah,” Elyse agreed. “But I guess his widow is the new president.”“Hopefully Corazon Aquino can begin to clean up the mess!” George said. “I’m glad Marcos is gone; it should be more peaceful when I go home for good in May. I was afraid of how things were going, but it turned out well.”Between the. “But this is really embarrassing, I don’t want to be… well, it’s weird.” I finished awkwardly. “Are you attracted to me?” She asked abruptly. “No!” I blurted out quickly, too quickly. “I mean, you’re extremely beautiful and impressive and attractive and your eyes are really amazing, but, I mean, that would be weird if I…” I faltered off as she stood up and walked over to me. She was six inches from me, almost touching me, and all of a sudden I was having trouble breathing. Then her body was.