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Introduction from the author:

Just a quick note: This story may look familiar to some, and it should. This was originally posted under an alternate screen name I created for the sole purpose of having one person read it, without reading my other works. That story has been deleted at my request, and I am re-posting it under my main account in a newly edited form. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. C...this one is still for you



The back yard was a sea of blackness as Devin sat on the patio. A dog barked in the distance, but otherwise the neighborhood was silent. The steady beat of the rain on the aluminum roof helped calm his nerves and slow his racing heart. The only light was the dancing orange glow of a single candle on the patio table. He sipped his drink and stared off into the darkness, lost in thought.

Lynn stood on the inside of the house looking out onto the patio at the man she was falling in love with. He sat just a few feet away, separated from her by only a thin pane of glass. They had met online a few months ago; he a firefighter from out of state in a dead end relationship, searching for a way out; she a single mother struggling through a nasty divorce. They had clicked immediately, and over the following months their relationship had grown. What had started as innocent flirting, had quickly led to exchanges of naughty pictures, phone sex