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"You had sex With Eliahu Rathboone"

Gregg set Holly back fro she&039;d lost her damn mind--well, lost what little of a one she had And that ined what he&039;d just "seen" outside

Except her eyes were utterly clear and without guile "He came to me I&039;d fallen asleep--"

Another round of banging on the door cut her off, and then Stan&039;s voice cah "Hello? Which roo clipped out As the gru faded, footsteps in the hall went down to Holly&039;s rooed Holly over to the bed "Sit down and tell me what the hell you think happened"

He focused on her puffy lips as she spoke "Well, I&039;d just gotten out of the shower I was exhausted and I lay down on the bed to rest own II knew I had this dream--"

Oh, for God&039;s sake "Holly, just because you had a nightmare doesn&039;t mean you--"

"I&039;ht out"

"The scary stuff ca to let me talk?"

"Fine" But only on the hope that he could get her ood "Go &039;head"

Head Yup That&039;s what he was thinking

"I started to have this dream that this man came into est men I&039;ve ever seen He was dressed in black and he stood overand he just stared at me I" Her hand wrapped around her neck and slowly slid down between her breasts "I took off my towel and pulled him on top of ood news Because he suddenly didn&039;t want to hear anything about what happened next

"He took"As I&039;ve never been had before He was so--"

"--hung like a fire hose and did you twelve different ways to Sunday Congratulations Your subconscious should be directing porn What does this have to do with Eliahu Rathboone"

Holly glared at him and then yanked her lapel to the side "Because when I woke up, I had this" She jabbed at what certainly appeared to be a hickey on her neck "And I&039;d actually had sex"

Gregg frowned hard "You How do you know?"

"How do you think I know"

Gregg cleared his throat "Are you okay?" He put his hand on her arm "I mean ah, do you want to call the police"

Holly&039;s laugh was low and achingly sexy "Oh, it was consensual Whatever it was" Her expression lost its glow "That&039;s the point I don&039;t knohat it was I thought I&039;d dreamed it I didn&039;t think it was real until"