He claimed to have seen another person run out of the alley, just as he had approached. Linda flashed her friends the code for "police on the way", an... they quietly made their way out of the alley by a hidden route.Curious, Linda went around to the front and stood there watching all the excitement. Once the police knew who he was, they fell all over each other to do what he wanted. He gave a brief description of the person he had supposedly scared off, a description so broad it would fit half. He stood in the light of his living room with his single suitcase packed and waiting. He judged whether or not it would rain that afternoon. The apartment seemed somewhat dusty to him, as though the place was now an old and tired relic ready to be partitioned from his present and parceled off to the junk heap of the past. The fingerprint of all of his struggles would most likely haunt the next unlucky soul who had the misfortune of moving in.Abandoning the place came with a bit of awkwardness. Where I did well was on selling the name. I said I thought it was worth $5,000, but he negotiated me down to $2,500. I would have given it to him if he had pushed it. I also was prepared to lower the appraisal by 10%."Remind me not to haggle about prices with you." Landgrove did want me and he did propose. I was nice when I turned him down. That might be why he was willing to offer what I was asking for everything." It could be. Tell me, where did you come up with the name for the diner?" Thea. I was so in love with him, if I died at that moment I would have died happily. With his strength he lifted me with one arm around my waist and placed me gently onto the soggy ground. He cupped my face in his hands and kissed me tenderly. My breath was no longer my own. He had come to possess me and all that I was or could be. The skirt of my soaked dress clung to my thighs. He peeled it back and lifted it over my waist. My thin panties were torn away with a quick movement of his hand. He.