Her heart raced as she got into the passenger side of the car, butterflies in her stomach. She glanced at her date and saw complete devotion and love ...in his eyes. She smiled as his hand gripped hers as the car exited the driveway. They had an easy conversation on the way to the dance. He always knew how to get Ami talking and he could see the fire in her eyes when he asked her about what she wanted to do when she was done with school. The music was going full bore already and the couples were. I opened it up and simply stared at my desktop wallpaper while I tried to sift through all the thoughts in my mind. Foremost was Christina. Now I knew why she was late, not only today, but more than likely every damn afternoon. The thought burned itself through my mind, though all my heart felt was numbness. No, that’s too… cliché. It felt more like a pinhole in the center of my heart, through which everything I had ever felt about Christina was slowly, painfully draining. It was the rest of me. I still thought about Geoff, but our love had been more like a quiet togetherness than one built on passion. With Jake, there was a flame burning between us, and the closer we were, the hotter it got. In Jake’s office, we spent some time talking about the progress of the case, and he brought me up to date with the events of the morning. He told me about Laura Jacobs being badly beaten, and we discussed how my office could provide counseling for the girls. Jake wanted to make sure that Ginny. He is handsome man. You love each other, yes?" Well sure," she said, "but..." No buts," he said, firmly. "Is nothing wrong with brother and sister to learn from each other before they go into wide wide world and get married and all that. Americans think about things funny. I think this is because of Puritans I hear so much about when I get here. But Vlad not tell anyone. Your secret is safe with me. I know this is simply way of learning things about sex. No problem."He looked back at me. He.