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arched Kumiko's body up to meet his. Wrapped only in bandages and a thin
pair of shorts, he could feel intimately the warmth of Kumiko's lush body
pressing against him, and felt himself dissolving in the wholly
unexpected kiss. Rob found himself returning the kiss with surprising
passion; tension and emotion and undoubted attraction combining to
override his good judgement and send them both spiraling down into darkness.
The bedroom door swung back and forth unnoticed, occasionally
slamming in the rising wind as the gathering storm finally began to
break free.
*****
Part IV
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Damp sand caught between Kumiko's toes as Elaine walked the narrow
strip of beach. The wind was rising, whipping the waves to a high
froth in the moonlight, sending Kumiko's long chiffon skirt dancing. She
was a slim figure in the night, barely visible, black on black.
Kumiko Hayano paused as Kumiko Hayano neared the jagged rocks at the edge of the
beach, carefully climbing Kumiko's way up to a precarious perch high
against the glow of the city far to the north. Kumiko's mind was as
troubled as the roiling water in the rising storm. As Kumiko Hayano gazed out over
the churning waves, Kumiko Hayano was suddenly struck by an intense longing for
New England, for hills and forests green and gold in sunlight. But
she could never go back. It w
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