" Talk to Ryan." Don't be cruel." No, I'm serious."We paused the conversation long enough to get into the car, then joined the start-stop exodus out o... the parking lot."Lee, I don't delude myself..." About what? Having a brain?" Fifty pounds extra. Pizza face." Who carries on a great conversation. If I was interested, which I wasn't, I would've asked 'im." And if he says no and starts laughing?" Then that's a bit of data. And you'll know. Right now you don't know." I could be crushed." You. .. you're like a blanket."Shaun's deep rumble of laughter was a purr in my ear. Nibbling gently he worked down the curve of my neck, kissing a path to my shoulder. It was my turn to purr."Oh, no," he laughed, rolling off of me and giving my hip a playful slap. "You're not sidetracking me. It's Super Bowl: biggest day of the year for the bar. Get up!"I flashed him my sexiest pout and batted my eyelashes. "Come to bed?"Torn between a threatening scowl and a broad grin, Shaun tossed his t-shirt at. .. thanks Mister!" He watched with surprise as the ball made rapid revolutions on his finger. The old man stood there in the long black spring jacket that covered his suit, tipped his hat at the boy and began to walk away."Hey Mister! You forgot your cane!" The boy slowly bent down and picked it up, still spinning the ball on his finger. Carefully walked it to the old man and handed it to him, he really had no idea who the man was.The gentleman tipped his had and smiled, "Thank you Justin, I. For breakfast we went hunting antelope. Since we knew where the animals were, we used rocks as weapons and took a fine young buck. We cooked what we wanted to eat then dried the rest as I did the slabs of lumber. The hide was good but not that useful to us. I was not wasteful though and preserved it with magic after scraping it clean.Returning to the base again I found the tingle just a bit different than last time and for some reason it seemed to be just a bit brighter. Sonya said, "Perhaps it.