Only... and that only was what glued Manuel to his chair... only right now was not the time for a flea to move wrong. With two kidnapped American wome... upstairs and the two Uruguayans with their suitcase full of merchandise in the other room, police interference was not desirable.Manuel shrugged into his charro jacket and looked at himself critically in the mirror, admiring his clean profile and classical Roman nose. It had done very well for him in the past-- captivating the ladies.He smiled. The song ended and the dancers all separated. Another song, an older one struck up and settled into its rhythm, it was a very slow, intimate dance. The young man offered her his hand again and she took it. He pulled her close to him and she pressed against the youth. He smelled of lilac, which mixed well with the rose-based perfume she wore. She realized in a flash how he had known she was behind him in the library, the scent of her perfume.Other couples danced about them, though almost all. Quite simple to look at, built sometime during the 1700's out of red brick, kind of Queen Ann-style with white windows and a large black double-door, framed by two pillars."My God, it is huge for two people." Remember, we are going to have parties and guests."The front door opened, and a tall man in his sixties came out. "I thought I heard the Packard. Welcome, Miss Alyssia, and welcome, Mr. Alexander."As soon as Benton had taken their coats, he opened the doors to the central hall of the. They have only ever interacted in dreams and she has told us how he overwhelms her special sight many times, so she's probably used to just glossing over the whole thing, and now she's just using that to blend it in a little so she can pretend it's not real. Besides, he's been denying it too, so maybe he's been masking it."Allison had been nodding along as Bob spoke, by the time he was finished she had one of 'those' smiles. You know the one I mean, the one that said she was holding something.