Josef awoke, and soon realized that it was early and that today he was on duty. Late centuries B.C. Indian hot sex you were only following orders…you were only a…”
“Do you believe that I did those things to those people in the photographs?”
She began to cry, “I….I know that you are a good man.”
Despite her tears he now regarded her coldly and said,
“I did do those things Sophie and much more that you can’t imagine.”
“No, no my love, it was not your fault. As the tide of pain in his throat and chest rose rapidly he tried to open his mouth but only succeeded in biting his tongue, or so it seemed. “Shit, the goddam son of a bitch has taken something,” said Grant, fingering the torn velvet inside the box and causing the only other contents to fall unnoticed to the floor. It’s weight instantly relieved him and he opened it slightly, seeing within the now tarnished brass container that he had entrusted to her months before. He smiled as he thought of the laurel, for it was behind that noble, sweetly scented tree that he had tasted his first kiss and tentatively found the objects comprising that central and unfathomable mystery of the universe – woman.
