But as a mere male, who am I to argue?After several weeks of jogging and gym workouts she didn't seem to be getting anywhere. A friend had recommended...some slimming pills which she got on the day we were going out to dinner for our 5th wedding anniversary. It was only later that I found out she hadn't read the instructions correctly. It said that on no account should alcohol be consumed within 24 hours of taking a pill.She took a pill just before we left home. We had a lovely dinner and the. Something she dismissed as being unimportant. No force in the world could get her back into that foul loft with those sex-crazed criminals.All of her instincts screamed at her to run down the stairs, but some rational voice in her mind made her tred lightly on each stair and to tred well off center. In spite of her precautions, the stairs creaked so loudly that she was sure the men couldn't help but be awakened; in her mind's eye she could see them stirring, could almost hear them shouting. The only other motor vehicle to be seen was an ancient farm truck.Kids came swarming to see this shiny new vehicle and the adults plowed through them. Rita yelled out, “Ma Mere” when an older woman approached, jumped out and hugged who must be her mother. Remember, Bruce doesn’t speak French and they have only limited pidgin English so he depended on his translator.After an interesting dinner of goat stew and sides that he could not recognize, let alone name, they were shown to a house and a. It stopped, and a door opened and closed. The breeze was coming from that direction and he smelled her before he saw her. The power of that fragrance, her fragrance, caused his stomach to knot. Mike always found her fragrance intoxicating if not actually addicting. It didn't matter what perfume she wore, or if she wore nothing at all — there was always her scent.He drained the bottle and looked at it considering that his heart seemed just as dark, just as cold, and just as empty. He heaved it.