Then I swallowed. What I did not do was speak. Raiden was silent. So was I. When this went on an uncomfortable while, I broke it. “Can I ask at this juncture what you’re doing here?” His lips twitched and he answered, “Yeah, baby, at this juncture, you can ask that.” He said no more. But he called me baby. I didn’t look to confirm, and I was glad he didn’t either, seeing as I was relatively certain my nipples were now hard. Cripes! When he remained silent, I asked, “What are you doing here?” “You doin’ anything for your grandmother tomorrow night?” he asked back. “Uh… no,” I answered. “You hangin’ with that pothead and his pothead girlfriend?” My head jerked at the way he referred to Bodhi and Heather, not to mention his knowledge of them and me spending time with them, but I replied, “No.”
