“I want this, Steve,” she breathed. “I have for a long time.”He took her wine glass and settled her between his legs, with her back pressed to...his chest. He twined their fingers and whispered in her ear, “I’ve wanted this since the first time we had phone sex.” He felt the goose bumps rise on her arms. She sighed and leaned her head back to kiss him.His lips are so soft, she thought.Her lips are so full, he thought.She turned in his arms to deepen the kiss. He put his hands on her hips to lay. It was 10:15 and I needed to keep her out until 11, which was when Owen got off duty.Once we got back to our room, Maia sat on the couch and took off her heels. I excused myself to freshen up in the bathroom when there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it," Maia said, as I came back into our small living room. She was more than a little surprised to see Owen at the door with a bottle of champagne in his hands. "Your husband mentioned to me at dinner that it was your birthday," Owen explained.. ..he left me there...That Matt....." I said looking at the floor. I read a small crack as it someone broke a stick, so I looked back...no one there, so I continued walking...I stopped to grab something to eat on the way and I saw a guy, he was hiding behind a wall and occasionally he'd look at me while I ate...that creeped me out and as soon as I ended my little snack, I took off running and hid on an alley, behind some garbage cans. I looked from a small space in the middle of the cans...the. There is simply no escape. Calvin must be wrong, or God isn’t any more worthy of worship than Satan is!”“So you believe that you can do things to affect whether or not you go to heaven? We’re justified by faith, not by works of the flesh, Steve!”“And yet, the Bible says that faith without works is dead. And it says that we are not justified by faith alone. Remember that discussion? That one led directly to us making love!”She smiled, “Yes, I remember. But then what, Steve? Catholics think you.