I need to talk to him about this when we see each other this weekend.“Mike was quick to declare his feelings for me, and quick to tell me that he di...dn’t need for me to change to being a ‘one-man woman.’ In fact, he claimed he wanted me to see other men and to continue as an escort. He gets off on the idea that his girlfriend is out fucking other men. The pictures and the videos I sent him, and his response to them, were just the right triggers to arouse him. He loved all that stuff, and just. I wondered if the silence was predicting my death.Roberta Ellison seemed almost fatalistically resigned to the inevitable but unwilling to let it happen without a fight. Her stony expression broadcast her innermost fears to me better than words.I needed a gun.I needed a gun, RIGHT NOW."Give me a gun," I said, startling her.Her head swung around, her black eyes pinning me to the mattress. "What did you say, David?" You know precisely what I said. This place, wherever we are, is way too quiet.. “You coulda told me before,” she coughed, wiping theback of her hand over her mouth. Mike chuckled.“Hey, you’re the one who was saying that you were ‘allgrown up’, Cass,” he said, “So I suspected that youknew how to take a shot.” Cass coughed a bit more thenstood up and sat down next to him on the bed. “Feelingbetter?”“Yeah.” She looked at him. Mike was a good-looking guy.Nearly six feet, fit, good looking and from. .."He laughed at that and shook his head." ... Do you think I'd look different?" I took a little bite of my pie, just a nibble."I wouldn't even guess, Kylie." Sam licked his lips and his hand was touching mine, just that easy, his fingers stroking lightly across my skin.Later I glanced down the street. The drugstore was three blocks away in one direction, the campus two blocks in the other. I should have said something, made an excuse. I needed to run an errand, I'd say, buy some aspirins or.