Or, said a small corner of her heart, a dark little hollow where a small lump of hate had festered, Give me the strength to bring the cowardly bastard... who have wronged us to their end. If they take my Master from me, then let me take everything in all the world from them. If there is any justice left in the world, do not let their wrongs go unpunished. If any gods, old or new heard her plea, they kept their counsel silent. The stars glimmered and shone, blazed with brilliance, but no more and. Damn branches were leaning over my fence and leaves always littered my pool. I was relieved to think I wouldnt be picking up leaves this fall. Later I was relaxing by the pool when my neighbor finally came out. He was in his early forties but He looked closer to fifty. He had more grey hair than brown. He was about average height and fit, not the bulky daily gym routine look but certainly not a couch potato either. We talked and in the end he convinced me the whole length of fence needed to be. “Sir, she’s fine. She just panicked in the water,” the man who saved me explained.“I wasn’t speaking to you,” the officer replied to him.“I just wanted to take a swim and see how far I could go, the waves were stronger than I thought and I had a difficult time getting back,” I said as I reiterated my story.“Miss, that wasn’t my question,. I asked you what does ‘no trespassing mean’,” he asked again.“It means I shouldn’t have gone in the water in the first place,” I answered meekly.“That is. .. because I value you so much as a person," he added."Aww, that's sweet," Riley replied, "and here I thought it was because of my tits." That's what I'm excited about," Derek said, adjusting his rear view mirror to look at her. "I mean, wow," he said as she smiled at him. "I'm sure you're a precious and unique snowflake and all that, but I'm just being honest. You're body is stupid."Riley crinkled her nose at him. "You think my body is stupid?"Derek smiled. "Not like stupid stupid, but like.