Brooklyn could hear the nails being driven in and imagined this was the end that she'd be buried alive like this to suffocate.Walking out of the room ...the woman made her way back down the hallway and through a set of doors that led outside. Sitting down on a chair she pulled out a packet of cigarettes, lit one, and took a deep drag. Letting the smoke out with a sigh she let her mind wander as she looked out on the kitchen garden. She thought back to when she had looked like the girl she had just. Maybe it was her half smile whenever the professor cracked a lame joke, maybe it was how when she glanced at my screen, I instinctively looked away for fear that she had seen me. There were a billion maybes going through my head and that was enough to blind me to the fact that class had ended and people were shuffling out. Someone pushed my chair by mistake and I snapped out of my mental DDOS attack. I quickly shut my laptop and packed it into my bag and left. My next class was an hour away and. I had first encountered her several years ago at an international banking conference held in Paris . At that time, she was a young prodigy with one of London 's top investment houses. Both voluptuous and brilliant, she had been a virtual magnet at that conference, pulling men into her by the droves, both young and old. By now, she must have passed her thirtieth birthday, but she was still stunning. Flawless ivory complexion; large emerald eyes showcased by artfully applied mascara; full. " I shook my head. "I'm in the Air Force." I leaned close and said it kind of quietly. "This place is kind of off limits, so..." I shrugged. "I don't usually stay too long." Oh. I see." She nodded. "My brother is in the navy, he hates it." Yeah, me too sometimes." I answered. "Hey, I know this is really fast, but uh, do you think you'd like to go to dinner with me sometime?" I'd love to go to dinner with you." She smiled. "Anytime." Wow ... okay ... Mmmm..." I looked at my watch."Sure." Susan.