8 Scanning the street as his training taught him, and had become second nature, he saw the car down the road, the near-full parking lot of the restaurant they just vacated, the empty taco stand a block away. No one was around, so as soon as the door closed behind her, shutting out most, but not all the music, he swung her around so her back was against the side of the building. Without giving her a chance to ask a question, he stepped up to her and kissed her with sealed lips. When she didn’t object, he placed his hands on her cheeks and angled his head for a more thorough taste. Courtney was stunned into a trance created by his lips and was swept away by him taking control of the kiss. He tipped her head up, and she willingly allowed him inside. His tongue stroked hers, and she felt mor

