The evening only got worse for Loretta as it wore on. She was relieved to finally be going out at night, the first time in weeks that she'd been able to. She wouldn't be taking her Dragon, no matter how badly she wanted to, and she wouldn't be going alone.
Sure, it might look like it, and for a few blocks it would feel like it, but she wouldn't be alone. She got dressed, trying to stay calm by going over the list of Builds she still had in her mind, the ones she had been in the middle of when Karl tackled her. Nothing had been the same since then except her clothes.
She wore the black skinsuit and low boots, with her hair pulled back, wondering what Bill would think of such a getup. Karl had seen it once before, but she'd be willing to bet he hadn't been paying much attention to her body
