Denny looked at the beautiful blonde across from him, touched by her innocent prettiness. She was so different, so very different from Loretta Day, his next door neighbor in Topanga Canyon, California. He and Loretta had been lovers ever since he had moved into the big ranch style house he had purchased with the money he had inherited when his parents died. Loretta was a sexual adventures, introducing him to the wild orgies and other perversions indulged in by the rich hipsters in the wealthy community. Yes, it had been a long time since he had seen a virgin like this one.

Slowly, he moved towards her on the leather banquette, his mouth moist and slightly open as it met with her lips.

And the kiss thrilled her to the very depths of her aroused young body.

He drove his tongue deep between her parted lips, arid she sucked on it as her nerves tingled with growing excitement. Then she pulled away from him suddenly. The alcohol and the kiss had made her dizzy. And she was frightened now.

"Please, let's go," she said.

"Anything you say, darling," Denny answered, kissing her lightly on the forehead, and even that kiss fired her body and set her head into a dizzy swoon. "I think I'd better drive."

As they entered the car, Cally fell back against the seat. "I… I can't go home… like this," she told him.

"My father would kill me."

"Okay, I'll take you somewhere you can sleep it off. Don't worry sweetheart." And he started the car, driving off in the direction of the Flamingo Motel.

Cally staggered a bit as they entered room number six, and Denny put his arm around her waist to steady her again. She could feel the strength and warmth of his powerful right hand resting on her hip, could feel each of his sure fingers pressing gently above and below the hip bone. Somewhere in the distant recesses of her alcohol fogged mind an alarm bell clanged, but it was so muted that she wasn't sure what it was for. After all, Denny Reed was just about the nicest man she had ever met. She knew she could trust him. She was completely safe with him.