As soon as they had left, Jimmy locked the front door and went to the basement, where from an old dilapidated trunk he pulled out his sniper rifle. Ch...ecking the parts thoroughly, he quickly assembled it, then disassembled it before putting it into a bag. He quickly checked his watch before making his way out to the car, casually flinging the bag in the back seat. Humming to himself he drove quickly but carefully along the busy street before reaching his destination. Parking across the street,. Tim appreciated the gesture, plus hoped his friends would be able to get a little bit of a read on her mood. Although he asked them not to pry, if Donna volunteered something that he should know about before making a fool of himself, that seemed like fair game.Friday night he took her out to a new restaurant that Pete had claimed was the most romantic in town. Considering how awkward things had been all week, Tim knew there would be a lot of work to do to get her in the right mood to at least. ”“What!”“He says that my reward is giving him pleasure.”“Oh Sally, I’m sorry to say this but your Brian is a complete fucking idiot. Let’s go and have some coffee and a chat.”ooOOooFor the next couple of hours, I sit around the open fire slowly getting Sally to reveal more of her life to me, the strange male-dominated church that she was born into and the abusive nature of her husband who sees her as nothing more than a servant to his needs.It becomes obvious that she is isolated in their. We didn'ttransform each other as much for a while; a combination of not beingalone together and we needed a break after the subway bride incident.Things were changing for us, and I only noticed the changes when theywere pointed out to me, usually by Satori. Like one day, I waspreparing myself for school, and Satori banged on the bathroom door."You've been in there for over an hour!" she said. I was shocked whenI discovered that she was right. Normally I didn't shave, as if tryingto tempt my.