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  David parked engine 14 next to the flaming vehicle. The fire was completely isolated in the area of the explosion. There didn’t appear to be any bodies inside the vehicle. There was no trail of gasoline leading away from the car toward any populated area. Every sign pointed toward a complete accident.

  The fire was extinguished quickly, and they were able to drive to the second explosion before the other engine arrived. Like the first, a lone car, in a secluded part of the parking lot, burned with no evidence that anyone was meant to be hurt. What are the chances of this same accident happening more than once in the same time frame? Two minutes with the hose and the fire was gone.

  Engine 3 pulled up next to them. “Chief” Warren hopped down from the truck and spoke to David. “We just got back from checking the other explosion. It was just a car. There was nobody in it. It must have been an accident.” At the disgruntled look on David’s face, Warren knew there was more to the story. “What is it? Are the other two fires already out?”

  “Yes they are. They were just cars, too. If they were all accidents, then I’m a monkey’s uncle. Get Scott, he is the forensic arson specialist; get him to take a look. He will be able to tell if the fires were deliberate.

  “Yes, Sir.” Warren ran to engine 14 to grab Scott. David wandered over toward where the third explosion happened. With the fires extinguished, the night had become so dark. The area outside the auditorium was nearly pitch-black. Most people had left. There were still a few lingering concert-goers being interviewed by the police or the news. Evidently, the Black Keys had escaped unscathed; their big, white bus was gone.

  The other car was in sight. Most of the men were back at the engines packing up the gear. David was alone. He intended to investigate a little bit. This was just a tad weird. There was no harm done beside the cars. Nobody had reported to the fire department or the police that it was their car that had been blown up. However, this kind of accident happening three times couldn’t just be happenstance.

  Then, in the grass near the third car, David saw something move, a person.

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  Jenna felt her body being lifted. She was rushed through the air, the cold night breeze brisked across her face. She tried to snuggle up into the fetal position but discovered that she was being carried, rather quickly, in fact, by a very large man. His chest was big and firm and his arms made a perfect cradle for her. She was so comfortable. Then she realized that she didn’t know where she was, or who was carrying her.

  Before she could open her eyes, she felt herself being laid on a gurney. The cold ambulance mattress was a very poor substitute for the arms of the man who got her there. She opened her eyes at the touch of a man’s coarse hand on her face.

  “David?” Her sweet little voice reached out of her throat toward him. His heart skipped a beat.

  “Hey Honey. I didn’t know you’d be here tonight.”

  “What happened?” She was having a little trouble speaking.

  “There was an explosion. You were standing a little too close. The doctor said that you are ok; it just knocked the wind out of you. They do want to check for a concussion, though.” He stopped speaking long enough to give her a big hug around her neck. “I’m so glad you are alright. When I saw you in the grass out there, I nearly died. When the doctor is done with you, I am taking you home, no ifs, ands or buts about it.”

  Jenna liked that just fine.

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  David carried Jenna through the threshold of her apartment like a man carries his bride. His strides were long and light and he quickly laid her down on the couch. He pulled a blanket over her body and knelt by her side. His hand rubbed her forehead and brushed the hair out of her face. “You have a beautiful apartment, Jenna. I’m glad we got you back here safely. I don’t know what I’d do if something happened to you.”

  She rolled her head over to him. “You saved me.”

  He smiled to himself. “No, I didn’t. I just carried you to the ambulance, and they didn’t even do anything for you. You were just lucky. It had nothing to do with me.”

  “That’s silly. You saved me. Had you not found me out there, I could have died.”

  David started laughing. “There is no way, unless the crickets staged a coup.”

  Jenna rolled on her side to face him. “When I opened my eyes and saw you there, I knew I wouldn’t have to worry about anything. You make me feel so safe.” Her hand outstretched to his chest and she planted it firmly over his heart. “Thank you.”

  He responded with a smile and he kissed her forehead. “You need some rest. It’s been a long night. I’m going to go. I’ll come back tomorrow morning and check on you.”

  “No! Wait! Who will take care of me if I’m here all night alone?”

  David understood, but he wanted to play. “Whatever do you mean? The doctor gave you a clean bill of health. You need some sleep.” He turned and walked toward the door.

  “Oh David, I’m feeling faint.” She put her wrist against her forehead and made a mega-dramatic sigh face as she turned her head away from him. “Maybe a kiss would make me all better.” She pursed her lips forward in a kissing motion without removing her wrist or turning her head.

  David laughed. “Oh yeah? Where can I give you that kiss to make it most effective?”

  Jenna pooched her lips out even farther, looking like a very feminine little fish.

  “What? I don’t speak guppy.”

  She whipped her head around to him and pointed at her sweetly pooched mouth.

  “Oh, ok.” David smugly commented and he sank down next to her again.

  His mouth met hers slowly and tenderly. The skin of their lips melded together; moisture coated them and he gave her one big, firm, sweet kiss. The sound that it made pulling his lips from hers warmed his soul.

  She made a little pouty groan deep in her throat, just one flat syllable of “mmm.” Her feigned distress was rather pitiful, but all at once, magically endearing.

  “What is it, Honey?”

  “For my health to get better, I think I will need more kisses.” She made a sympathetic sick face, like an orphan asking for soup.

  “Where do you need kisses?”

  Without skipping a beat or changing her facial expression, she ripped the blanket from her body quickly and as soon as it was gone, returned to slow, sad little movements.

  He rested his hand tenderly on her belly. “Here?”

  She nodded, visibly under imaginary duress.

  He pulled her shirt up and kissed her stomach. He kissed little circles around her bellybutton and down to the seam of her pants and back up to the bottom of her bra. And then he sat back up. “All better?”

  She aggressively shook her head from side to side, and pulled her shirt up over her bra. She turned her head away again making sad eyes.

  David ran his nose between her breasts. “Here, too?”

  Jenna nodded, not completely unable to show the pleasure he was giving her with his attention.

  David kissed the skin not covered by the bra, smooches, little licks, and nibbles, too. With his fingertips, he pushed her bra up over her tits. Her nipples hardened quickly in front of him and he couldn’t resist but to fill his hands with them. He squeezed and kneaded and continued to kiss all around them. His lips found their way underneath her tits and he sucked the soft flesh into his mouth. He licked and laved and suckled before circling around them. With one long drag of his tongue, he licked over her nipples. Jolts of electricity shot from her tits down to her pussy and then up to her head. She began to push her chest against him, and rub his head as he loved her.

  David sat up. “All better?”

  “Shit, no. Get back down here and cure me, goddammit!” She pulled his head down to her stomach and pushed him toward her denim skirt.

  “Is this where you want me, Honey?”

  “I don’t know. Maybe.” She pushed harder.

  “Well, if you don’t know, then I can’t rightly ta
ke advantage of your indecisiveness. I have to know you want me there for sure, or I can’t go.”

  “Yes, David, kiss my pussy, please.” The fever of lust had gotten to her head and pushed the game out of her mind.

  He lay on the couch with her, his head at her pelvis. He ran his hands down her perfectly smooth legs. They were strong and shapely and flawless. He breathed out as he caressed her thighs with his face, his cheek and lips and breath dragging across her skin. He blew up her skirt, to send shivers up her spine. With extreme slowness, he rolled the skirt up her legs, revealing a pair of pink panties. “These are cute.”

  “Shut up. I didn’t know this was going to happen today.”

  “No, Jenna. I like pink.” He bit at the crotch of her panties. He licked them and made them wet, and then breathed slow, hot air onto them. She vibrated with want and rocked her hips up to him, using his face to stimulate her. “Easy, Baby. We’ll get there.”

  “Grrrrr.” Jenna play-growled at him, although she was getting very antsy waiting.

  He used his index finger to pull the panties to the side, revealing her beautiful pussy lips. David let loose a little sigh of satisfaction as he moved his mouth to her. One soft kiss to her lips and Jenna shook. Her back arched. David sent his tongue down into her channel, exploring, tasting, getting to know her. As it curled back up to tickle her inside, his lips kneaded her labia. “Oh my god, David.”

  He pulled his tongue out and pushed back her hood with his upper lip before sucking her clit into his mouth. He worked it in and out of his lips, sucking and breathing and licking. Jenna wrapped her thighs around his head. “I’m getting close!” David took her hips with his hands and pulled her into his face. His kisses and licks became faster and faster until he was moving her clit in and out of his mouth so quickly that Jenna started to scream.

  “I’m cumming!” Her body convulsed, but David never let go; he never stopped, not until all the lights and explosions and joys of her orgasm had left her. As she calmed down, he sat up, wiped his lips and smiled.

  “That was fun.”

  Jenna grabbed his shirt by the collar and pulled him to her. “Take me. Make love to me.”

  David’s eyes hooded with seduction for just a moment, but then he pulled back. “I don’t know, Jenna. What if I hurt you?”

  Too lustful to soften her tone, she told him exactly how she felt. “You won’t hurt me, David. I need to be ravished. I need you to take me, David. Fuck me hard.”

  David bit his lip. It was hard to argue with that. He stood up and ripped his shirt off. Jenna squirmed with delighted anticipation. He unbuttoned his pants and pulled down. His monster cock burst from within his jeans and stood fully upright. Jenna gasped and wrapped her fingers around it.

  David got back on the couch with her, gloriously nude. His body sparkled; the lines of his muscles looked fake. They were so beautiful. He leaned forward and with his hand put the tip of his dick right at her labia. She bucked her hips toward him, but he unwaveringly maintained control. He swirled his head on her pussy, letting her cream coat him completely.

  “Put it in me, David. Please?”

  David’s smile turned up particularly mischievously. He never thought he would enjoy himself so much.

  Slowly, he began to push himself inside her. Centimeter by centimeter he stretched her open. She groaned and panted. The look on her face said “pain” and “fear.” David stopped.

  “Are you ok?”

  “Yes, I’m great. It feels so good.”

  “It doesn’t hurt?”

  “Fuck yes, it hurts. It hurts good. Give it all to me.”

  David never thought he would hear that phrase. ‘It hurts good.’ What does that mean? Oh well, if his Jenna felt good and wanted more, then more was exactly what she was going to get.

  He plunged his cock into her. Her pussy lips met the skin of his balls beneath his dick. She felt nailed to him, attached, penetrated, and owned. She wrapped her arms around his neck. “More!”

  He started to slide out of her and then sink back in. Her shirt was still around her shoulders and her skirt was hiked up around her waist and she didn’t care. There would be time for naked later. Right now, there was only this beautiful, perfect man, making love to her.

  He moved faster. Jenna could feel the muscles of his back churn as he pumped his cock into her. She picked up the rhythm and fucked with him, their bodies in perfect sync. She began to quiver. She, unable to speak, reached for his mouth with hers.

  He got the message and kissed her while they bucked into one another. His tongue danced with hers while his cock pounded into her. His hands wrapped firmly around her shoulders and pulled down, deepening his thrusts and intensifying her sensations. His kiss moved from her lips to her cheek, down to her jaw, and then around her neck and collarbone. She pulsed from the stimulation and dug her nails into his back.

  The scratching made him fuck harder. His breathing quickened; his body began to shimmer from beads of sweat all over him. It was too much for Jenna. “Wow, wow, oh my god, David, don’t stop. I’m going to cum.”

  David focused on her pleasure and made himself like a machine. He pistoned his body; it was automatic. He was driving himself into her and she started to scream. Long shouts of pleasure signaled her release. She lost herself in the feeling and saw nothing or heard nothing until the orgasm dissipated. Then, as her realization returned, she noticed a slight pain in her vagina. Her moans changed into “ows” and “hunhs” instead “ohs” and “yes’s.” Without thinking, she yipped, one loud “ouch” right into David’s ear.

  He sat up. He had the most horrified look on his face. He pulled out of her immediately and stood. He walked several paces away from her. “I did it. I hurt you. I knew I would. I’m so sorry. I should have listened to Veronica. I should have listened to my gut. I hate this. I hate I hurt you. I have to go.” He began to get dressed.

  Jenna jumped up from the couch and grabbed him. She hugged him tightly. “No, please don’t go. It was amazing, perfect in fact.”

  “No it wasn’t. I hurt you. I heard you scream.” He looked down at her legs and saw a small line of blood running down her leg. He looked at his cock and sure enough, it had a few streaks of red on it, too. “Oh my god. Did I tear you?” Panic could be heard in his voice and he began to breathe heavily.

  “David, it’s ok. I expected this.” She grabbed a tissue and wiped the small trace of blood off of her thigh.

  “Why?” She sat him down on the couch, coerced him to lean back and she rested herself on him lovingly.

  “Because I’m a virgin. Well, I was a virgin, and you are a lot bigger than my tampons. I was too excited for any of it to be painful. Being with you felt fantastic. Only when we were finished did I notice it at all. After a couple times of making love to me, it will be normal, and there won’t be any blood. David, it was perfect. I loved it, thank you. Don’t worry.” She stroked his chest with her fingers trying to give him all of the love and comfort she could.

  “You were a virgin?”

  “Yes I was, but now, I gave that gift to you, and I’m so glad I did.”

  “Why me?”

  “Because you are the first and only real man I have known, the first man I’ve ever wanted. What we did tonight felt right and I don’t regret it for a moment. You can have me again, too, but I should probably heal up a little bit first.”

  Jenna meant the heal comment as a joke, but David heard it and shook with guilt. “I’m so sorry,” he muttered.

  She looked up at his face and took him in her hands. “Listen to me, David. Before our time is done, whenever that is, I am going to set you free. If it’s the last thing I do, I am going to set you free from this pain, this fear. I will show you how wonderful you really are. I am going to show you that you don’t have to hide. I want the real you, David. I am going to set you free.”

  Chapter Five

  BUZZ – BUZZ

  David opened his eyes. It must be his phone. He reache
d over to his nightstand. He felt nothing. His hand met a wall. He sat up quickly. Oh yeah! David wasn’t at home in his loft; he was in bed at Jenna’s place. Her beautiful face looked so serene as she slept. Her eyes were closed, and her lips formed a small, perfect rosebud. He took a deep breath and felt very content in this place.

  BUZZ – BUZZ

  Crap! The phone was still ringing. David hopped out of bed quickly, but carefully to avoid Sleeping Beauty. He scanned her bedroom, and then peered into her living room. He looked down and realized he was naked. Since when did David sleep naked? This girl sure was doing a number to him, he thought.

  BUZZ – BUZZ

  It came from the floor near the couch. David prayed to God that Jenna did not have roommates and ran out into the entertaining room. He found his phone in his pants’ pocket.

  “Hello. Chief Conlon speaking.”

  “Hey Chief. It’s never taken so long for you to answer the phone before. Did you sleep in?”

  “What is it, Scott?”

  “Haha, point taken. None of my business. Anyway, we got the reports back on the explosions yesterday.”

  “Well, what happened?”

  “It was definitely arson. Wires were cut in the dash and gasoline was syphoned out of the gas tank into the cab. Whoever it was tossed a match into the open window of each car, and each one was exactly the same.”

  “My gut was right. But nobody got hurt. Why would anyone do this?”

  “Well, Sir. It gets more interesting than that. As it turns out, all three cars were the exact same make and model. I ran the VIN and all three cars had been reported stolen within a week. Whoever it was must be trying to send a message to someone.”

  “What kind of car was it?”

  “1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.”

  David didn’t know what to say. The weight of the situation bore down on his shoulders like a ton of bricks. He wasn’t sure how else to say it, so he just said “thanks” and hung up.

  He sat on the couch. Who would do this? What did he ever do to anyone? How did they know David would be there when he was? As he thought, a terrible idea struck him.