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Now his voice is ith laughter "I’ve got a sheet wrapped around me, lass, you can stop hidin’ now"

I shakeood name for an assueous, sleepy male in his physical prime--if bottled and marketed to the female population, it would o with somethin’ more exotic Like Beatrix Or Seraphina Yeah, Seraphina Snufflebottoers He’s s, his eyes half-lidded, his hairhis jaw That faint sound I hear is

"I wasn’t robbed, Seraphina"

"No kidding"

He rubs a fist into one of his eyes, which is both childlike and adorable "Had too ht Must’ve passed out It’s a bit of a blur"

I notice that his bathrooht is on inside, and that strikes me as odd Why would the door be closed? He was so drunk he couldn’t be bothered to close the front door

A few things co awful

Caht He slept nakedbecause he wasn’t alone

Sweet Jesus, there’s a woor’s bathroom

I feel sick I don’t knohy, but I do Without another word, I turn and leave the roo

"Where are you goin’ in such a rush, Seraphina?"

"For a run See you Sorry again, it was an accident I’m just aI’m such a"

Idiot Moron Fool

I bolt from his apartment, take the stairs to the first floor two at a ti as fast as I can, not stopping to catchis far, far behind me and the icy wind has leached the last of the heat froh , then limp back home in the cold and dark, determined to put this whole silly episode behind me

I need to bein on hi hi a woht isn’t the end of the world, nor is it any of ize sincerely once ain

By the tiet home, I feel better Until I see the note taped to my door

My dear Miss Snufflebottoot an eyeful of h that would cause any sane woman to lose her ood on my threat to take you over my knee

Yours until the sun flauished,

Prancer

I knew I shouldn’t have told hio inside, sla the door behind me I hurl the note into the wastebasket under the console and start o into the kitchen to feed the cat

"Oh, you’ll take me over your knee, will you? Hot soth sanitizer ready, because there’s no way I’ over your knee without it! Good luck with that, buddy! Wait What a over your knee at all! You dang ravated breath, shaking mental Live and let live, that’s my personaladults do together, even if it does involve tetanus shots and antibacterial creams

"Not that I can really bla, you’re fa" My face reddens "Why shouldn’t you take advantage of your situation? In all fairness, why shouldn’t you sleep around? Ithemselves into my path every three feet, I’m sure I’d be a whore, too!"

"Oh really?" a voice behind me drawls

I screa the can of cat food in the process