'Hey, you're staring" she said giggling.

'Oh! I'm so sorry" Alan said feeling embarrassed because he was obviously lost in her beauty.

Alan turned his head away to avoid getting lost in the beauty again. 'Hi, I'm Ruth" she said immediately to relieve him of the embarrassment, 'I'm Alan" he responded quickly. Being a confident person, it was strange when Alan discovered that he had actually lost his confidence with this one. 'Can you be a gentleman and pour me a drink?" she added, while Alan poured her the drink and handed her the glass of champagne.

Alan began to loosen up after two glasses of wine and laughter which they shared, they talked at great length and seemed to be enjoying each other's company.

'How long have you been living here?" Alan asked,

'Well, mostly half of my life, I came here to school and basically just never left since then" she replied.

'Wow, means you must r

It was exactly eleven o'clock, as Alan walked through the street and by this time all the stores and restaurants and other business which offered their light to the pedestrians were closed and their lights gone with them, so just the security light of homes gave light to the street. Alan moved slowly thinking about Ruth throughout the walk home.

Alan was distracted; due to his thoughts, he took a wrong turn into an alley where a group of hoodlums were picking on a teenage boy of twenty one years. He finally came back to the real world when he heard a voice say to him 'walk away, if you don't want trouble" he looked up and saw a shabby looking man with full beards and a tattoo on his neck, and beside that very man we're other two men; one holding the shit of the victim on the floor, and the other holding a digger in his hand, tying a bandana on his head and wearing a black leather jacket

As she opened the door her jaws dropped, as she believed to have just seen the sexiest man she had met in her life. Outside the door was a man five feet eight tall with blonde hair, brown eyes, and his chin covered with his silky looking beards, he was wearing a suit which looked really expensive. 'He's a rich man" one of the girls whispered into the ears of the other.

'Who are you?" the supposed leader seemed to have lost her voice talking to this stranger.

'Where are the occupants of this apartment?" the stranger asked, intentionally avoiding the question from the girl.

'They aren't home" she replied stammering, already caught up in his beauty.

'Can I come in?" the stranger asked politely with a grin on his face.

The girls wasted no time in saying 'YES", knowing fully well that the boys had moved out or better still was away from the house on a trip; so they thought.

'Come in" th

'Hey, you're staring" she said giggling.

'Oh! I'm so sorry" Alan said feeling embarrassed because he was obviously lost in her beauty.

Alan turned his head away to avoid getting lost in the beauty again. 'Hi, I'm Ruth" she said immediately to relieve him of the embarrassment, 'I'm Alan" he responded quickly. Being a confident person, it was strange when Alan discovered that he had actually lost his confidence with this one. 'Can you be a gentleman and pour me a drink?" she added, while Alan poured her the drink and handed her the glass of champagne.

Alan began to loosen up after two glasses of wine and laughter which they shared, they talked at great length and seemed to be enjoying each other's company.

'How long have you been living here?" Alan asked,

'Well, mostly half of my life, I came here to school and basically just never left since then" she replied.

'Wow, means you must really know the best spots in town" Alan teased,

'Yeah sure, how about you? How long have you been l

CHAPTER 7