” Ebony murmured, her voice soft. “Which isn’t unusual.” She focused, and I felt her thoughts echoing in my head. When Magnum had tried to com...unicate with me while in astral form, his thoughts had sounded distant and weak. Ebony came through nice and clear, which said quite a bit about her specialization. Pirate, are you there?I’m here! I used some astral water makey stuff! To escape! We got captured! I thought, in a quick bundle, showing her quick flashes of everything that had happened.. Smoothing down the fronts, he tucked the back of each skirt into the waistband. Then he returned to his seat and tried not to laugh too hard as he watched the four girls order their drinks and expensive paninis with their bare asses in the wind. The old man noticed the show too, staring with wide eyes and chuckling into his soda straw.Jake was a little sad that they didn’t notice. They barely even flinched at the sensation of the writing and the cool air on skin. Their reactions would have been. She was my drug, and like every addict, when you can’t get your fix, your fix becomes your world. I knew from the start she would not be faithful. She told me as much on our first date. “If you want me,” she said, “this is how it has to be.” And I wanted her. But still, nights like these made me mad, vengeful and driven by jealous lust. I drank bourbon on ice as I sat waiting for her, watching the clock, muttering to myself and imagining what might have been happening to her right at that. He had worked late that evening,having to work overtime to keep his boss happy. It was well past timefor the k**s to be in bed but at least it was Friday night and he didn’thave work in the morning.He pulled up to the driveway, not surprised to see all the lights wereoff except for the one on the porch. He let himself in quietly; wearilykicking off his shoes he poked his head into his daughter’s room,slightly baffled that the bed was empty. With his mind consumed withthoughts of a shower he.