The man dressed in black with a mask steps out of the shadows. He looks like a cat burglar and walks silently towards her. The elegant woman is moment...arily frightened and screams. He smiles and raises a leather-gloved finger to his lips. He tells her in a calm, cool voice that no harm will come to her and that he intends to protect her. She composes herself and challenges him. She distracts him with her holder while reaching under the table to activate the alarm. He smiles and assures her they. ’ She got up and grabbed his arm dragging him with her into Gadzooks. Placing the bags in his hands, she warned him not to look and took off into the t-shirts section. Picking out a few items, she paid for them and rejoined her brother. Alexia grabbed her bags and walked out the store. She knew he really wasn’t into shopping so she tried her best not to take too long. Her thoughts were on his facial expressions later tonight when she would be showing off her purchases. Her attention was brought. The first thing I noticed was the smell of food, delicious food. I realized immediately that I hadn't eaten since those French fries at lunch, and I'd barely eaten them. I was hungry, damn hungry. And whatever was cooking smelled incredible.The second thing I noticed was soft music playing, quiet saxophone and piano music, the kind that was on when I'd first walked in on Charlotte asleep in her bedroom two weeks before, when I wrote her the petal poem. It was beautiful.Charlotte and Stephanie. Not one of the many photographs he'd seen of her came close to capturing her beauty. Brian knew she was 35, but with her perfect skin she could easily pass for a girl in her early twenties. She was 5'8" tall and every inch a woman. "Good morning," she purred, as she glided over to him. "You must be Brian, I've heard a lot of good things about you. I see you're finding your way around all right. Tell you what, give me 5 minutes to settle in and then bring us both a coffee, mines white, and I'll.