A little over half of those left joined her. Smiling Jake nodded to each as he started to restore them. He'd done twelve of the twenty six that were ...efore him when he stopped, looking at the male Jinn in front of him. "I told you I would know if you truly wished to change. I can see that your heart is still dark with hatred of my kind. Be gone 'til you have changed, live with those that desire nothing good!" The male started to curse and reach for Jake but found he was already half faded. . By halfway around the first lap Rich looked a lot less tense, even though he was nowhere in the vicinity of relaxed. It was an improvement, though. As they passed me, starting their second lap, Eric shot me a look, never a pause in whichever joke he was telling to Rich at the time. That one glance contained one part irritation, one part bemusement, and a dash of worry. I shrugged, letting Eric know that I sympathized, but there was nothing more I could do, given the situation. He gave me one. It was innocent enough, on the cheek, but it was a long and wet kiss, and I could hear a purr vibrating from her throat as she kissed my cheek. I thought it was a little strange, but OK. This behavior continued for a while and I thought nothing of it. But one night it escalated. Again, I was holding her in my arms as we both drifted off to sleep. Our faces were very close together. She was kissing my cheeks, forehead and neck, gingerly, but she let her mouth linger very closely to mine. I. So they just held them in place to show me the effect that they would have. I grinned and said, “Cool!” I thought, “Sexy!” Late on Monday afternoon, when I was just winding up at work and thinking about heading home, my phone rang. “Hi, Phil. It's me, Sarah.”“Hi, Sarah. What can I do for you?”“Phil, I would really like to come around and spend the evening, and the night, with you and Angie. But I don't want to have any sex because I am way too sore after the weekend. Is that too much to ask?”“I.