"Tim…"

"Tim… isn't a brilliant writer… It's just that I wasn't…! Business is more my field… Land development to be exact."

"How interesting…" Kate replied. But she was really thinking about Tim at home… She hoped that he wouldn't be asleep again… not this time. She really wanted to talk to him tonight.

She gazed solemnly out the window… She didn't recognize where they were. They seemed to be in an unfamiliar part of town.

"Are you sure you know the way?" she asked, uncertainly.

"Oh, yes," Sam answered, swerving up a particularly steep hill… "It won't be long now."

Kate didn't want to offend him by saying anything else, but she was sure that they were lost, and that he didn't want to admit that he didn't know the way. Well, she'd just wait until it became perfectly obvious and then, she'd tell him. Even with this detour, she would possibly still be standing back there waiting for the bus, she thought.

Dagon cast another glance at Kate's modestly covered bosom. He imagined that he could almost see the outline of her nipples through the fabric of her suit top.

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!" he said.

"Did you say something?" Kate asked…

"I'll tell you about it some other time," he answered, making another sharp turn and gunning the car so that Kate was jolted back against the seat. Then he swiftly turned into a large iron gateway and they were deep in a park, surrounded by high trees and foliage. He sped through the woods at top speed, and then came to a screeching halt high atop a hill, where down below, the twinkling lights of San Francisco glimmered brilliantly.

"Well… let's take a little break. You don't mind do you… I can't resist coming here every so often. The view is breathtaking…"

"MIND?" Kate fairly screamed… "Why of course I mind… My husband is home waiting for me… If you think that I'm…"