’Although I didn’t realise it then, In those few seconds my whole life had begun to change direction. The second kiss was different, not only from...her initial approach but different from the exploratory exchanges of our college days. Now there was hunger and urgency, probing tongues and whimpering sounds. Two mature women in the throes of a passion that demanded fulfilment. Was this really me? Us? When finally we broke apart, Teresa said, ‘Don’t speak, Billy. Relax. It’s what you need. We can. ” Aran’s voice sounded distant in his own ears, as if it were someone else saying the words. The thought that maybe it really was someone else registered somewhere in his mind, but the concern dissipated quickly before the scene in front of him.A massive, clawed hand big enough to pick up Strider and crush him slammed into the ground before Aran, followed by a second one. Aran walked forward slowly, watching as the creature pulled itself up to the surface. A horned head emerged above enormous. We had been going steady for a while, so he thought he could just take his liberty.I didn’t stop him from kissing me, but I wanted to get out of my school clothes. He had other plans for me.We were right by my parent’s room, and he kept gently pushing me towards it. Not resisting, we ended up on the bed. We were going at it pretty hot and heavy, his hands all over me and unbuttoning my blouse. He managed to get my bra off with one hand. I was amazed, thinking, 'I can’t even do that.'Once it. It probably cost me another paying security job in the future, but for now I needed DeeDee more than I needed a career, or even a home left to live in.DeeDee looked short, balding and dumpy, and of advanced middle-aged years ... but everyone said that he was the best local B&E (breaking and entering) man in South Florida. Theoretically retired after a long and apparently productive life in crime, he was now a part-time independent security specialist, sort of like me, and between jobs he combed.