I let the halters of my dress slide off my shoulders and felt it slide down my body to the ground. Of course I wore nothing else, only the sandals, wh...ch I kicked off as well.So I was naked and stood with my back to the crowd, looking down at her. She was beautiful, exotic, exceptional. She seemed smaller than when I saw her from the audience, but well proportioned. Her breasts were slightly smaller than mine, but she was also thinner and seemed more athletic. I knelt down and crawled across. We both came. After a moment she climbed off me, went out to the bathroom, and came back with a wet wash cloth and cleaned us both. She returned to bed, and we held each other. I laid there quietly for several minutes, not sure how I was going to ask the question that had been on my mind since the end of the fight."Lisa, why did you let me win? We both know you had me in real trouble in that last round. I've seen you knock out half a dozen guys in less time than you had me in that corner. Yet. The best that money can buy."Sam sat silent, biting his lip, not wanting to outright refuse. He wassurprised when Maria spoke up."Let's see how she goes. We don't want her brains falling out of herpretty nose if we can help it. If she fucks well enough without it..."Maria turned and smiled, running her hand under the table to Sam's rightthigh, squeezing through his dress."You are right, as ever, my beloved," Ramirez grinned.Sam breathed a sigh of relief as the tray was pushed back to the. Mary screamed in pain as a Ludzie bullet pierced her shoulder.She fell, legs tangling under her. Hands still gripping the stroller, her body pulled the cart over with her. The distressed cries of the babies became screams of pain.Her unfocused eyes could see Danny. See him ten feet, fifteen feet, further towards home. He couldn't stop. Couldn't risk the other babies. Couldn't help her.Two of the creatures were descending towards her.She'd failed...Failed...Mommy ... Daddy...Light flared to her.