" I finally said it in a slow, almost whisper. She looked straight back at me and it felt like time was standing still. She swallowed lightly and said... "Please kiss me then." Her voice just soft and steady.I leaned over and our hands clenched each other and our lips touched. Hers soft and willowy and mine being young and firm. Gently we kissed and slowly our mouths opened and her tongue seeking mine. I stabbed my tongue in her mouth.We embraced tightly on the sofa and kissed.We broke our. Almost. I asked her if she would like to have dinner that night and she accepted. I went off to sleep away the afternoon after we agreed to meet for dinner. Ah, siesta; the Mexicans know a good thing.At dinner, we talked mostly about the trip around the world and where I was going. It was as if the afternoon was hers and the evening was mine. Laurie loved the idea of flying across Africa. I think she imagined something from Out of Africa with Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixson flying along in. It had been several weeks now since the double murder outside Gilchrist's house, but DI MacIntosh wasn't much further forward in his investigation. Forensics had turned up some further information for him - the gun used had been used in several other incidents, dating back over five years. Bullets that matched those recovered from Mulloy and Haining had been recovered in cases of two murders and one armed robbery. The armed robbery had been on an off-license and the owner had been shot and. The ebony beauty leaned her slender form against the doorframe, her nappy hair a disheveled mess, her lush lips grinning broadly. “I take it the honeymoon is over?” I sneered at her. “I thought it would never end.” Onyx limped over to us, “I hoped it wouldn’t, at least. Opal went crawling back to the hut, but I thought I’d take the scenic route. And what I sight this is.” Onyx knelt beneath the table the map was laid on, and crawled between the spread of our legs. “Let me see if I can win back.