He couldn’t look away. Seized by a horrible impulse he didn’t understand, the Austrian kissed the buried girl's unmoving lips…She was as cold as... the stones she lay on. She had to be dead. How she'd escaped decay so long he couldn‘t imagine, but it didn’t matter. There was gold on her finger and around her neck, and he was eager to be done with this ghoul's work. He could wonder about mysteries another time.The ring wouldn't come off. He twisted and tugged as hard as he could, but it wouldn‘t. No pain, nothing. I had invested so much emotion, so much expectation, only for there to be nothing.The blindfold fitted so well that I couldn't see anything, not even light or dark, the sides covered my ears, not intended to block out all sound, they just muffled everything, except there was nothing to muffle. I tugged at the chains holding the cuffs, not to get loose, just to check they were still there, my mind working overtime, perhaps it was a joke? Perhaps nothing would happen?I forced. The last time we went he swapped phone numbers with me. My wife told him she would consider! This was a major step!After a few days, she backed out like I knew she would. On a few occasions over the next several months Gavin would call and let us know he had an opening or had time available. Each time she backed out but again , he was persuasive.One time he called and she answered. He chatted her up pretty well. He made it seem so carefree and not a big deal. When she hung up she once again. In this day and age people are very self conscious about theirappearance, at least in terms of sex appeal. After all isn't thatsomething we all secretly want? to be attractive to someone? Most peopleprefer that 'someone' to be of the opposite sex, but some prefer the samesex...Anyway a number of people would often turn to this witch (whose name wasErin by the way, not that Brett ever bothered to find out) asking foraphrodisiacs, love potions, beauty enhancement and the like. In somecases Erin.