Seventeen
Ron Zeitz wanted to increase security at his house before spending a night there, so once the place had been boarded up, he and Susie packed their overnight bags and headed for a hotel in the city. Aware enough to realise that Susie was too frightened to be left alone, Ron called his office to tell them he wouldn’t be in. Then he spent the evening trying to convince Susie that he had no idea why anybody would want to firebomb their house, and discussing the extra measures he would take to ensure their safety.
By the time he went to sleep, Ron thought he’d done enough to put her mind at ease, especially after the hot s*x session she’d turned on for him once they were in the king-sized bed on the twenty-sixth floor of the Hilton.
When Ron awoke the next morning, he was alone in
