It was an absurd notion; change without change. He gazed up again at the retreating zeppelin. Perhaps the decision would be made for him. ***** Bridget Ellen O’Malley watched Mike Hannigan from a distance as he and the Russian made plans, and just now, that was where she wanted to keep things: at a distance.She was puzzled by her feelings for Hannigan. Just a glance from him sent warm sensations flowing to parts of her body that embarrassed her. She had never been with a man, but nonetheless recognized the stirrings of desire - “lust,” her adopted father would call it. She was aware of her naiveté; not only was she inexperienced in matters of the heart (or was this simply a matter of the flesh?) but she had never gotten so close to any man the way she had with Hannigan in the past few hours. She tried to hide her feelings behind sarcasm, but wondered whom she was really trying to hide from.I’ve fallen in love with Mike Hannigan.
