You're stop traffic gorgeous tonight. I'ma lucky man to have found a woman as smart and pretty as you."I blushed as the waiter placed our drinks on th... table.The rest of the evening passed in a veil of love and romance. Dave hadnever been so attentive as he was tonight. We both knew at the end of thelast sip of the cocktail at the Top of The Mark where this would lead."Would you like to come back to my place for a cup of coffee?" I askeddemurely."I'd like nothing better," was his answer.Our. Until she cheated on my father and I caught her. Life was dull growing up in the Midwest small town. I was a sophomore in high school when it happened. One late August morning I had stayed the night at a friend's house and had woken up early and decided to go home and sleep in a bed for the few hours. My father works construction and was gone early 4am 6am was the latest he ever left for work. I got home mom's car was in the driveway, I put my bike back in the garage, then I saw another car. They wereplanning on robbing a girls' jewelry store."Okay, here's the plan, we'll sneak into the backdoor breakroom around4:00. Tracie worked there for a while and knows nobody will be in thereat that time. We'll have our cool looking black thief outfits courtesyof Luke's dad." Luke snapped his finger back at him as if to say noproblem. "As soon as nobody's looking we chunk four skunk bombs intothe main lobby! When everyone runs for the door we reap the fruits ofour labor!"Unfortunately they. No wound. She reaches over to Jayce, rubbing a thumb over his forhead ‘What’s… Where?…’ she stumbled back and forth over various words trying to vocalise some sense into the world. With both of them standing there in their work uniforms – a dull black ensemble of long-sleeve shirt and pants- Jayce’s feet begin to ache. A chair appears. ‘Odd…’ he says, reaching over to it and sitting down. Again his instincts get the better of him, and after only the briefest of moments thinking about chapped.