I could faintly hear that she was, perhaps, meditating, though the form was unfamiliar to me. I closed my eyes too, though the beauty of the cove matc...ed her own and it seemed wrong to shut it out, to exclude it, to ignore it.I simply sat there nonetheless, with the waves washing against me, so warm, so intimate. I let the wind bring me news of nectars, of overripe fruit, of the cycles of the sea. My ears were lulled by the rhythm of the surf, and pierced by the calls of gulls. My fingers met. I got the bus into Birmingham, it took forever, and I walked to theaddress given, and Gary buzzed me in. It was a fantastic flat with fabulous views of the city as the sun wentdown. Gary didn't say much, he poured me a glass of wine which I guzzled. He came up up behind me and nuzzled my neck. It was electric I have tosay. The atmosphere was throughly charged. He reached round and cupped my little breasts. He hadn't even kissed meyet. I turned to face him and initiated the kiss, our tongues. Ich f?hle mich eher z?rtlich ausgezogen, verglichen mit dem unachtsamen W?sche-zu-Boden-Schmeissen, dass mir bis anhin zuteil wurde.Wie immer bekomme ich die eigentliche Verwandlung nicht mit - ich sitze einfach als Ernst Schmied auf der Bettkante und schaue Octavia zu, wie sie die F??e reibt."Wir m?ssen ?ben!" teilt sie mir mit und streckt mir ihren linken Fu? entgegen. Ihre Feststellung erscheint mir ungemein plausibel, und ich wei? auch sofort, was zu tun ist. Ich st?rze mich mit. Back in the bedroom I opened up the purseMcCarthy left on the dresser and idly nosed through the wallet notingthe driver's license, Parole Division card, the two ten dollar billsand the five ones. I poked my nose in the bathroom and laughed abitter laugh at the thin towels hanging on the bar.Less than a year ago I lived in a 550 square foot condo on West 63rdStreet with a doorman, a garage and of course a 42 inch TV and thickterry towels. I owned rental properties in Brooklyn,.