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part of the evening,” Kristina replied coolly, hating herself a little for being unable to keep the tremor from her voice.  Now that he was coming down from her sexual high, she really just wanted him gone again.  What just happened between them had been good –fantastic, really- but this needed to be over and done with now.
    “Can I….uh, see you again?” Simon asked hopefully, ruffling his hair with one hand.  Though he had tucked himself back into his pants and straightened his clothes a little, Kristina found herself admiring the sexy, disheveled look he wore and had to admit it brought a little warmth to her sensitive sheath again.  If only he had been wearing the right style, she might have let him jump on her again.
    No, no.  It was good.  Now it’s done.  That’s final.
    However, when she shook her head, she deliberately avoided looking at him.  “I’m really sorry, Simon.  I just don’t have time for that kind of stuff right now.”
    He sighed and looked down at the floor beneath his shoes.  “Can I at least know your name?”
    For a long moment, Kristina hesitated.  Revealing that would be giving out a lot more information than she felt comfortable with, but now she felt bad.  She stole from strangers for a living, a career criminal living a double life, but she didn’t use people.
    “Just this once,” she said aloud, knowing he would have no idea what she meant.  “My name is Kristina, Simon.”
    “Kristina,” he said huskily, and started for the exit with his head down and his hands shoved in his pockets.  “Maybe I’ll see you around sometime.”
    Not if I have anything to do with it this time
, Kristina thought after him.  Neither Harry nor Veronica came back to bother her, for which she was grateful.  The Alterations room smelled of sex.
    Only when she was sure he was gone and not coming back did she stoop to pick up his wallet from the floor.
     

Chapter 4
     
    Even though he managed to keep himself firmly occupied for the rest of the week, Simon found himself walking through downtown Cincinnati again on the weekend.  This time, he politely brushed away the attention of everyone who recognized his face or the orange of his jacket.
    I just want to be alone today
he told himself, but he knew it wasn’t true.  He lived his life on a grassy, cleat-ripped stage.  Attention and admiration were energy for him.  What he really meant was he only wanted to be with one person right now.  The very sound of her voice in his memories pulled him along through the days, igniting his passion hotter and brighter than it had been since his very first tryout. 
    “What has she done to me?” he said aloud, wonderingly.  Kristina moved like witchcraft.  He hadn’t even known what she was doing until the last second!  She made him feel intoxicated, like she’d put him under some sort of spell.  Was he drunk?  Had he gone mad?
    Or did he simply love this enchanting stranger?
    Only now, as he turned down the Beauty District, did he admit to himself that he wasn’t just wandering for the sake of it.  There was a purpose to this and he knew it.
    I have to see her again, just one more time.
    However, she wasn’t even in the shop.  Instead, the pretty man with greying hair stepped out from around the counter and approached with a slender hand out.  Simon was surprised by his grip, and the calluses on his fingertips.
    “Hi there,” the man said softly.  “My name is Harry and I am Amenable Design’s, well, designer.”  Harry smiled so infectiously that Simon couldn’t help but to smile back.  “Was there anything I could help you with today, sir?  Or would you just be needing something adjusted?  That jacket…”
    Simon laughed inwardly, but at least that part of the puzzle was solved.  Sewing all day must have given this man such strong fingers. 
And they all have the same taste in jackets.  I must really be offending people.   
“No, I was in here the other day