Dark, with my eyes closed. Quiet, without speaking. My consciousness was reduced to feeling. The feeling of his hand on my bottom. It was a meditation.... "His hand," was my mantra."Okay, up!" he ordered, lightly smacking my right cheek.Startled, I fairly jumped off the bed. I stood there a little dazed and confused."Here," he said, handing me the coffee cup. "Get me another while I use the bathroom," dismissively as he walked, naked, into the master bath.I went to the kitchen barefoot. I was a. I had to think for a second and pick one of the names. ‘This company called Independent Financial Management. They’re an investment firm in Phoenix.’ ‘That is so cool. What’s the job?’ ‘Consultant.’ She got a puzzled look on her face. ‘I thought you did graphic design?’ Oh yeah. Recovering quickly I said, ‘It’s a consulting position in their marketing department.’ Still she persisted. ‘Do you have enough experience for that? You just graduated a few months ago and this would be your first real. Her trip was uneventful, and she arrived in mid-afternoon. She was tired, so she rented a room and napped for the rest of the afternoon until supper time. After supper, she started her circuit of the saloons, fishing for information on Curly Johnson. All she got at the first two places she stopped in was that, yes, Curly was in town. Very encouraged, Jane headed for the next saloon.Jane walked into the third saloon and saw the tail end of a killing fight with bowie knives. Curly Johnson was one. It just doesn't mean that I'm going to go along with it. And no, I don't want a team on me. Right now, we'll just go with you being my personal body guard while I'm at work, okay?" And when you aren't at work? What then?"She sighed. "You just don't know when to stop, do you?" She turned, ready to tackle the hill and head back up to her car."Where you going?" he asked, grabbing her arm.She looked at the big hand that held her arm and then followed it up, allowing her glare to get darker. With.
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