First Time Swallows

“What kind of something?” Her voice was a whisper, her eyes locked onto
mine.
“A better something. Something very, very pleasant. Something like you
gave Bill Arnold.”
She bit her lip and shook her head.
“Something even better, perhaps.” I smiled the smile of the cat who ate
the canary.
She closed her eyes for a moment, then [...]

“Are you the guy who left those pictures?” Her voice was a furious
whipser, but there was a lot of fear there. The anger was clearly
intended to give her courage and perhaps bully me into giving in. No
chance…
I smiled. “Photography is my life, ‘Annie.’ Of course, I don’t usually
take those kinds of [...]