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still felt like it was just me and the breadsticks. Finally, our food arrived. That got my boyfriend’s attention enough for him to turn off his new game. It was almost as if he had been racing in real life himself the way he dove into his food.
    Immediately, he spit it out. “Oh God, that shit’s nasty! Why the hell would you order me this?”
    All I could do was sigh. “Play your game. I’ll have the cab drive through a burger place in the way home.”
    Geoff winked at me. “Thanks, babe. You’re the best.” His eyes were already back on his screen when he asked, “Hey, do you want to have sex tonight? It is a special occasion after all.”
    I sighed. “We’ll see,” I said halfheartedly.
    At least the pasta was delicious.
    ***
    Geoff was on me as soon as we were home. The door had barely closed before his hands reached from behind to grab my breasts. I winced at his too tight squeeze through my dress, but he must have thought it was a sound of pleasure. “Oh baby,” he groaned. “Believe me; I want you just as bad. Do you even want to try for the bedroom or should we just go for it right here?”
    What could I say? Might as well get it over with. “Here,” I pretended to purr.
    He spun us around so fast I actually got dizzy. Geoff roughly pinned me to the wall, banging my head against the picture of us on a picnic. I don’t know why he was in such a hurry. He wasn’t even hard when he pressed against me.
    Geoff ripped my brand new dress when he lifted my skirt. “Hold that,” he told me.
    I kept it bunched around my waist while my boyfriend pulled my panties to my knees. Then...
    Smack!
    “Ow!” I screamed at the incredibly painful sting when he slapped the right cheek of my butt.
    Geoff just hooted. “Whoa, yeah! I love that ass of yours!”
    “Th-thanks.”
    His belt buckle jingled behind me as he undid it. I just leaned against the wall and waited for him to get his pants open.
    He still wasn’t hard. I wasn’t surprised. Frankly, Geoff was impotent more than he wasn’t. Honestly, I think sometimes he really didn’t have the interest he liked to boast he did. Maybe if I looked like the girls in his games it wouldn’t be a problem. Yes, he was able to get the occasional erection, but tonight just wasn’t one of those times. He brushed his penis up and down my skin, even in the split of that part of my body he said he so loved. Geoff tried and tried and tried, but it just didn’t work.
    I sighed when he finally gave up and pulled my panties back into place. “We’ll try again later,” he said when he kissed me.
    “Okay,” I replied, but I knew we wouldn’t. I could hear the noise of his new game before I even lowered my dress.
    It was all right though, a relief honestly. As dry as I was, I certainly wasn’t excited at the thought of him inside me like that.

Chapter Five
    I was up until almost 2:30 in the morning searching for just the right place to post my ad. The only sites I found that might work were the ones where people shared their ghost and haunting stories. I must have spent another hour just trying to figure out exactly what to say. The Phantom’s name would have to be left out of whatever I posted. A woman knowing his name might be the only way to know if her story was the one I wanted, instead of one made up for the money. In the end, I kept it simple.
    Ladies, has a ghost snuck into your bedroom to seduce you? Has a shadow fulfilled your fantasies? I am a journalist willing to pay for your story.
    I read over it one more time to make sure it was perfect, added my email, and crossed my fingers that it would be enough.
    ***
    I checked my email as soon as I woke up, even before I showered or did anything at all to get ready for work. It had only been a few hours, but I still hoped.
    There it was; a reply. I was so nervous that I had to take a deep breath before I opened the message from a woman named Amy. It was even simpler than my ad, just an address and the words, “He