It was a twenty minute drive across town to a little Thai restaurant I loved. When I got there, Shriya was already waiting for me. I wondered if she w...s still panty-less under her little black skirt or if she'd put them back on after this afternoon's show. I couldn't see any visible lines, but who knows about these things? There was a bigger party planned for the weekend when all my friends could come out and celebrate, but tonight Shriya had insisted on just the two of us doing something. “You’re trying to lie to me.” Michael started violently. She smiled a little at her own intuition. Now she knew his tell to go along with it. “What? Why would I lie?” Zoë thought on that for a second. Then she remembered the story that she had found, the one that had given her Michael’s address that night. “Your mom taught you, didn’t she?” Zoë felt bad immediately. Michael’s face grew pale, his eyes became liquid water and he welled up a bit, His hands started to shake and his shoulders fell.. Once she was there she remained within eyesight. He couldn’t help stealing glances, etching her face and body into his mind for some nasty future purpose. Inevitably, she would catch him. Perhaps that’s why when they realized who they were and why they were where they were, Jim seemed the only happy one. “Could you help me with the bag or the blanket,” he said shyly with a smile. She on the other hand gave him a testy grimace. After a moment, she resigned herself to helping, taking the. ” “I can't explain it all now, I'm really rushed. From what the guy that recommended said I'm sure you can do it. Look, I'll give you a hundred bucks just to show up, and if you can't do it, it's still yours, I need someone bad.” He gave me the address. I didn't have anything I couldn't put off for a while so I said I'd be there. I finished up the little job, cleaned everything up real nice, jumped in the truck and left. I'd never been in the area of town I was headed for and didn't know what.