She tried to be better after talking with him about it, to push it back down and get back to whatever passed for normal in their complicated interpers...onal dealings, but then he'd left. It was like he was going on in life without her, really it had been like that for years, but with him gone it had suddenly hit her full-force. But it wasn't fair to think like that, Giles had obligations and Buffy was strong enough to manage without him if need be, they all were, they all had their duties and. Elizabeth Street had been on Rebecca's top ten list of potential targets for the killer. Before he grabbed Angela, (I guess I can call her that as long as I'm talking about the past, ) he had used Elizabeth to smoke Rebecca out. Detective "Shithead" Mikkelson had shot his mouth off to the press about the FBI watching a girl that had died in San Diego. She had also been on the list. The killer had sent Rebecca a newspaper clipping identifying the article in the paper as to how he knew she was. “So you think she’s all but asking me to have sex with her? Well, I guess in a way she did when she asked if I’d give her a ‘happy ending’. I mean, there’s a little bit of an age difference, and I’m seeing you,” I said.“You’re worried about me, aren’t you?” Halle asked.“Of course I’m worried about you. I care for you very much and I’d never do anything to hurt you.”“And I care about you, but we’re a lot more friends than anything else right now,” she said, and saw the worried look on my face.. His eyes fell downward, following the dips and curves of her waist, hips and legs. Then his eyes traveled upward, taking note of how lean yet toned her figure was. How he longed to make that body his! Then, beneath his fidgeting feet, a twig snapped. He immediately saw her leap to her feet and face the very spot where he was concealed among the thicket. This action exposed her breasts, which had previously been hidden from view. Then through his haze filled mind he heard her speak. Whos there!.