Kevin
“Does it hurt? Are you hurt enough?” Carla asked me in a lost voice. Her eyes were rigid and teary, rolling wildly as if looking for a way out of the chaos.
Until that moment, she had seemed so self-possessed and strong, but then she was so awkward and shy. It was a clumsiness unlike Emily’s that bored me. That amused me and I liked it. There was something about her that drew me in and made me step out of my comfort zone, which never happened again.
I had stepped into territory that I always thought was dangerous, but I found that I really enjoyed it. There was something about this woman that I had never encountered before.
“You could have killed yourself, seriously! I had a feeling this was going to end badly. I’ll tell you honestly, it scared the shit out of me. You’ve got bumps all over your body,” she said, her voice trailing off.
With her right hand, she caressed the bumps on my naked body. I was usually in control, in any situation, only this time, everything was different
