She told him that she was going to go on whatever was on the itinerary for a little bit and she’d be back for the late dinner and that she’d see i...f anyone else from the guided tour wanted to go with her. She grabbed her small back pack and placed her wallet, passport, cell phone and water bottle in it. Then she walked towards the door as Marc got ready to take a shower then a nap. “I love you” was the last thing she told him before he walked into the bathroom and shut the door. “I love you. Shall we clean up the prize a bit before we continue? We have a prime filet ready for you while you wait." "Absolutely. I'm starving! The smell of the grill made my mouth water coming in." Jen's stomach growled as she watched the hunter lead away to a table under a tent and presented with a heaping platter of food. As she licked her lips in envy, two men in staff uniforms set buckets of soapy water on the ground next to her and began to sponge her clean. One of the women from the party. There was a short, pregnant silence."Gonna show her your etchings?" Moe finally said."This is gonna cost you, Manny," Jack called. "Your rent just went up $100."Manny and I ignored them. We were smiling at each other as we walked down the hall."Shit!" I heard one of them say. We both laughed at that as we slipped into Manny's bedroom and closed the door.Neither of us was in a mood to waste time. I was hot as hell and needed no further warming. I suppose it was a combination of things - liquor,. It was not yet time. It had gone on this way many nights, the man sitting in the shadows, watching her as she went about her evening. She would arrive home, fix herself dinner, watch television, shower, and sleep. The man learned her schedule after only a few days. The woman was, if nothing else, a creature of habit. She woke every morning promptly at 5:30am. She pulled her curtain wide, made a cup of coffee, and drank it in bed over the day’s news. When the coffee was finished, she would get.