”“You know I’ll never betray you.”“I know,” I said, quickly squeezing her hand before the elevator doors opened.We walked over to where th...e small group was standing, and I asked for the bishop’s blessing.“Do we have word?” I asked, once he’d made the sign of the cross over my upturned hands and I kissed his hand.“No,” Father Nicholas said. “Not yet. Was everything OK at the church?”“Yes. There were perhaps a dozen messages on the machine. I returned the calls, and except for a longer. He gave me the strength to carry on in this ball busting job when I hit bottom, right after my two children, you two, were shot and were in critical condition, and I didn't know if you were going to live or die, just because some nut was trying to get me. I blamed myself for putting you two in danger. If it wasn't for Steve, I would have been very tempted to just say the hell with it and withdraw into my own troubles and worries. Then where would we have been? I'll tell you - up shit's creek. You drag you hands down over my breasts and across my stomach, causing my stomach muscles to convulse and tremble. Your hands lightly glide over my crotch and down the inside of my thighs. I fear I may lose my sanity with the lust of it. You reach for my belt buckle, but I stop you. It was my turn to drive you crazy. I sit up and push you back on the bed. I straddle you, pressing my crotch hard on to yours as I steal a kiss. You moan with the thrill of it. I kiss my way across your jaw line. At several places, I had asked questions that required that he go find the job foreman in order to get the answers. I had an opportunity to talk with some of the workers while not in his presence. When we were through, we drove back to the office in silence. His face was, by now, a red mottled mass. When I made a comment about his poor selection of the office location, he said, "That's it. Nobody should have to put up with this. Lenny, get this little bitch out of here while I can still control.