"If you want to kiss me you'll have to lift my veil," she told Ken when he hadn't made a move.So Ken flipped the veil and pushed it back on her head a... he had seen a dozen times in the movies. Her makeup was flawless as usual and there was no trace of Van to be seen. Ken took the bouquet of flowers from her hands and gently laid them aside before taking her in his arms. As usual, the kisses started out gentle and increased with intensity with each passing second. Soon Vanessa was sucking on his. The greatest benefit had been in privacy, since a staff no longer surrounded her at all times of the day. She said, “I’m so much happier than I have been in years.”With a smile, Ed said, “We can’t have that.”She laughed and asked, “So what are your plans?”It was a good question and one that he had hadn’t given much thought. Jerry and Lynn were taking care of his businesses, he wasn’t teaching this semester, and he had not arranged a major rock hunting expedition. Three months at home had. "It's nice to meet you Stephan, I'm Edgar." Stephen caught a waiter by the hips, as he tried to slip past their table, ordering Ed another Scotch and Soda and a Salty Dog for himself."I tend to be a rather straight forward guy," Stephan began as he flipped his wavy dark hair back behind his shoulders in a practiced manner. Ed couldn't be sure, but it seemed to have a purplish cast, that shown like highlights, overlaying the black. "So I hope you don't mind if I jump right in and ask a favor of. I was just playing soccer in the neighborhood and went to walk home. They asked where I was going an I told them home. They said they’d take me. I don’t know why I got in that car. The next thing I knew was they had me drinking some Kool-aid and I got dizzy. When I came to, I was strapped to a bed. I couldn’t talk or move, but I could hear them and see them.”“Good, sweetie. Let it out,” Doug coaxed her.“There were five of them,” she continued. “There were only two in that Caddy. Damn, it was a.