.very... strange... what's happening...?" Monica's breathing grew more shallow; her body became rigid; any blemishes on her skin disappeared, and it t...ook on a uniform, even tone; her eyes became fixed and glassy, unblinking stare."I'm sorry, Professor Evens, but I couldn't have you messing with my grade point average just because you didn't like me. The old Roxy would have worked all the harder to try to please you. The new Roxy knows that there's no way to please you.. and it's really not. But I imagined she was less pleased with me, since he was only doing what came natural. I saw it all in profile, she was surprised, displeased, and upset. But “turn the other cheek” Erin did not get dramatic, she just returned to her business. She turned her body slightly away from him to put a hip between his eyes and her shaved cleft.The guy boldly smiled back at her. Since he could see her breast easily, he focused on that. From the start the guy played it like she should not be surprised to. “I’ll give it to you, as hard and as long as you want. Let’s grab a cab and go back to my place.” “No,” Victoria said. “My place. I want to show you something.” Victoria lived in the Western Addition, and when they got to her flat, she opened the door and let Josh go in first. She followed, sliding the deadbolt into place when she closed the door. “Nice pad,” he said, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her neck. She could feel his breath warm on her throat. She pushed him away. “Not. ”“No. The flame of love can blind us to danger.”I followed her inside where I found my clothes, sandals, my bag of dried fruit, my turquoise and my water skin. Atop the skin was a sizable dagger in a leather sheath. I picked it up. It was heavy for its size so I removed the sheath.“Is this iron?”“A gift from me.”“It must be very valuable.”“It is but it reminds me too much of the brutish Hittite who gave it to me. So I will hardly miss it. It will cleave any bronze blade.”I thanked her and got.