But the emails kept coming no matter whether we'd just met, or where planning to get together, or if we just wanted someone to talk to. When we'd been... first talking about meeting, Niki had made it clear what she wanted out of the arrangement, and one of the things she didn't want was a boyfriend. Maybe I should have kept that in mind, because over time, I began to have feelings for her, feelings that had nothing to do with just sex.When I was told I'd loose my job (Sal, myself and a hundred. " Emory said."Merlin, you are scaring the poor girl again. Or at the very least she's going to want to hit you over the head with something firm if you don't stop prevaricating!" Arthur said."Alright, alright! Erin what would you say if I were to tell you that there are not six degrees of separation between you and I? You are familiar with the concept of six degrees of separation are you not?" Emory sat back a bit to await her answer.After a moment of reflection, Erin said "Yes, I'm familiar. How big and hard they get and how they've changed because of the hormonal shit going on inside you. I fucking love them.' I sliced my finger nail into the nerve endings right at the very tip. 'If you like them so much, as you say, stop hurting them. Stop it. You're hurting me. Stop hurting me.' 'I didn't say I liked them. I said I loved them. I fucking love them. What do you think of that?' 'Nothing. There's nothing to say. Most normal men would. That's all.' . But what power the young woman might now posses was no match for the man who awaited her, knowing that, until now, Mioki had committed acts, which, however depraved, were those of a willing victim. From this moment on, Mioki would be the initiator, she would be making victims of others and that, he knew, was the kind of sin, Christopher and his kind, would find unforgivable. Mioki was at the point of no return. Would she resist, or find the smell of power over others too alluring? He was.