when I let myself into the apartment. I did so quietly, not wanting to take a chance on disturbing Emma. I told myself that I was just being considerate. She’d had a hell of a day starting with the ride in the dumbwaiter all the way through getting fired, moving out of the dump she’d been living in, and coming to work for me. She’d be exhausted and in need of a decent night’s rest. But the truth was that I didn’t trust myself to face her, at least not right then. I’d stayed late in the office, putting the time to good use plowing through the endless piles of paperwork that always required my attention. Fucking city bureaucracy. But my mind--and other parts of me--kept wandering back to her. Having a hot blonde suddenly pop up in my life would have aroused my interest under almost any circumstances, if only temporarily. But this was different. Even on such short acquaintance, I recognized that Emma Whittaker had intelligence and courage. She’d shown real character in dealing with the shit life had thrown her.
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