I still stayed in touch with him, as we were the best of friends.He was working in Portland, Oregon, and I was working in Southern California at the t...me. I had called him up to see what he was doing, and he asked me if I'd like to come up and work on the job he was on, as he was friends with the boss man and there would be no trouble getting on.As I was out of work at the time, I told him I would talk to the wife and see if she wanted to move up there for awhile, as we were just renting and. I had Maxie, Maxie my boyfriend, Maxie who understood me as best he could, who tried and cared and was beautiful and talented and confident. And then I threw it all away. I stood, wanting to run back, and the train left. It left without my heart and soul on it.I had no idea what I'd done.I'd woken up from a dream where my attacker had killed Maxie. Again. And he hadn't been there. I'd wanted to hold onto his body, let the warmth of him wash the dream away and he hadn't been there. It had been. Rachel was quiet in the car for most of the trip back to her new home; then Dan let her disappear into her room to sleep alone, it had been a long, event filled day and he needed to catch up on his sleep. Tomorrow he would need all his strength…Dan was awakened when a warm, soft body slipped into his bed and snuggled against his back, it was early morning, and the room was illuminated by the soft gray light of the pre dawn. Dan went back to sleep with a smile on his lips. Much later that. Is anyone listening at your end?”“Only the NSA.” Damn! He was right. Any phone conversation could be overheard. Well, those guys were looking for something else. Then, too, there were commercial phone-sex sites. If they listened in for their jollies, they would listen in there. Well, here goes nothing.“I really loved going dancing with you,” she said. “I enjoyed what we did afterwards, too. With my schedule, though, I don’t think I should do both in the same night again. You’ll have to.