His fingers moved like lightning over the calculator and finally he looked up,"Roughly, about eighteen thousand, give or take the odd pound or two" Ye...ah that sounds ok, when can you start?"He agreed to give me a start date later on and he was about to say something when his phone rang, we all tried not to listen but I heard him asking if he could bring two friends,"We've been invited to a rather special evening not too far from here, would you like to go with us?"I nodded and looked at Billy. He dropped his own controller to the floor and removed his arm from his side and placed it along my back and around my shoulders; pulling me closer to him.Suddenly, everything seemed less playful than it had moments before. His embrace felt less friendly and more serious, more… sexual. I trained my eyes on him now, finding he had been watching my reaction to his sudden closeness with care. The room around me seemed to disappear for a moment, the light of the TV fading into the background. His. I just didn't see it coming. I searched the decadespairing up people I could have switch places. I your case you wantedto experience what it would be like being a woman in the 1950's. Mrs.Daniels on the other hand was interested in the future and gettingout of the house and in being a man for a time to see how the otherhalf lived just as you wanted. But I am afraid I will have to sendyou back!" He said to my horror."But why?" I asked.Hammond isn't my real name, and as with all my other. "Mark collapsed backwards on his pillow and licked his lips before continuing, "They moved so fast. Too goddamned fast. She was going to kill me, Tom. I knew it. She was coming for me and there wasn't anything I could do to stop her. But she didn't. Tom, don't ask me why, but I think not killing me hurt her."Mark grinned slightly at the look of incredulity on Tom's face, "Yeah, I know. I don't believe in fucking vampires either. Believe in them or not, though, that's exactly what they were..