She thought you might use the shoes to masturbate. Would you like that? Go ahead, Jerry, take the package to the bathroom. Don’t let me stop you.”... “C’mon, Lor! Why are you being so nasty?” “Because, Jerry, I want a divorce. I don’t feel anything for you, anymore. Okay?” Jerry never managed an answer when the phone rang. Loren picked it up. “Hello? Oh, hi, Charlie. Sure, tonight’s fine. I miss you already. No, it was great! Don’t be silly. I didn’t mind at all. I was flattered that I made you. “Too gay for you, Lawrence? Trent not so cosy a bed-buddy?” Kimmie blushed as her boyfriend squeezed tighter. Jennifer hugged Trent, considering with a thrill how both couples would be getting sexy somewhere under the same roof. “Tell them about the eggnog,” Trent said, and they both smirked. “Tell what?” Kimmie was wide-eyed. “Family secret,” Jennifer explained. “A dark one. My Grandma Lewis told me when I turned twenty-one.” Kimmie and Lawrence drank deep of both liqueur and story. “The. ” She turned back to Alina and added grimly, “For you.” Alina swallowed but her throat was dry and she nearly choked on the air she breathed. “Who is he? What can he possibly want of me?” But Corina wasn’t listening to her. Her eyes had a faraway look about them, as though she were remembering something from a time long past. “It is said that he will not know you by sight, only by touch or taste. He doesn’t know who you are or what you look like, only that you’re close.” She gave a sob, “Iliana. The large brick structure sits massively up on the hill and he can see dim lights on in the dining room. He parks in front of the house instead of in the garage and rushes out of the car. Cold drops hit his back as he takes wide steps to the porch. ‘Man,’ he thinks as he’s finally under the roof, ‘I only walked 10 feet and I’m drenched!’ She hears him on the porch and turns to see the door. Peeking her head around the corner she sees the door drift open slowly. He steps in and looks up at her,.