I hadn't thought to ask Ronnie about dogs. I made some noise so the dog, if it was out, could rush out and do his duty. I actually hoped it would, in ...ne sense, since that would make Maddie owe me when she came out to see what the barking was all about.The only problem was that no dog came barking. That can mean two things, usually. One is that the dog is inside, which is fine. The other, though, is that the dog might be the sly type that lies quietly in wait for the borders of its kingdom to. It had been a long conversation, for a first meeting, but we had had a lot to say about a variety of subjects. He was looking for escape, and I was looking for answers. Neither of us could help the other except here, in this space. And so we had talked – about his wife, his children, his job, our shared interest in erotica, my husband, my children, our shared interest in history. There had been a lot of inadvertent and meaningless flirting, of the totally ordinary sort – emoticons with smiling. ‘Well um…you see, um…this is Ar’Raq and not the United States, so I don’t think there are laws about littering like that,’ Ace answered, ‘ma’am.’ She giggled as his last word trailed off a few seconds after his sentence. Macie walked towards him, making the young man step back until the wall is on his back. Her hands grabbed his as she turned around and pressed her back to his body. Her hands guided his to her firm, soft, and lovely breast as her body rubbed his in a downward and upward motion.. Reliving the breakdown in his head, he was ashamed of how he had behaved. What must Leanne and Shannon think of him? Hell, he had probably been projecting to every mind reader in the house. They all had to know that he had acted like a baby. How was he going to face them?As he sat up, he heard steps moving quickly down the hallway. The door banged open.“Don’t you dare, Jacob Fielding,” Leanne barked. “Don’t you cheapen good, honest grief by pretending it is something infantile.”“But what will.