"Here's the thing," I said quietly. I tapped my fingertips against his chin lightly, and Anders flinched each time he felt my fingers drum against him.... By then others were beginning to move toward us, no doubt concerned that Anders had not yet gotten up. "I got your move now, sport. It only gets worse from here. I can, and I will, put you down on the ground each and every time you try to pull shit like that again. Understand?"He nodded tersely. I could see even that small movement was painful. A lot of business of course, but a lot of other stuff as well. She could buy designer knock-offs for next to nothing and I new this place where you could get a massage that would get rid of tensions you didn't even know you had. We had a few names in common. Some of them we liked and some of them well, you know how that goes."Come on, Mary Kay. Let's get out of here and get a glass of white wine. I've had enough of these folks for one day."We were off to the lounge on the first floor of her. ." I don't expect you to, Elise." You've got Morgan there, anyway." No, not any more." This revelation by Dex was met with silence.If Dex had predicted the appearance of Elise's apartment, he would have been dead on. It was spotless, but almost empty. As they entered, she looked at him and gave a shrug. By the time she had packed what she wanted, it was coming up on noon, and they stopped at a restaurant for a light lunch.Dex had told Elise quite a bit of his story, but not all of it. On the. Stand up for me, will you."I stood up by the side of the bed and she moved in front of me."I'll hold them open, so you can put your foot into them," She held whatappeared to be a tiny wisp of lace just at my knee level and I put myhand on her shoulder for balance and then placed my foot into one side."That's good, baby, now the other one."I did as she asked and she gently and slowly pulled them up my legs andover my thighs. I could feel the softness of the lace sliding over myskin and I gave a.