| Secret Love The stones held a secret as the hooves clamored over its hard surface. The driver held his attention to the team before him as the carriage rocked to its dance of love. A smile crossed his face as he heard a gentle moan from within and the night grew quiet. Her gentleman lover had succeeded in granting her wish of fulfillment beneath the glittering starlight. Rolling to a slow decent the carriage stopped. The door opened and her long slender legs protruded from the coach touching the ground like a fairy in flight she raced down the street her dress held up to keep from tripping. she glanced over her shoulder and saw her lovers head out the window waving. She stopped, turned and blew him a kiss and raced on. He sat back in the coach and heard the hard metallic click just before the flash blinded him. The sudden noise frightened the team and they bolted jerking the carriage forward. The assailant was taken by surprise and the steel rim of the spoked wheel drove him down as it passed over him. The driver was jolted from his seat and toppled off the seat hitting the stone roadway hard. His neck twisted at an angle as he stared up at the black heaven above while lying face down. Hearing the gunshot and the sound of racing horses on the cobblestones the woman�s husband cautiously went to see what was the matter. He found all three men dead and no sign of the horses or the coach. He returned to the house telling his wife what he�d found. She asked if there were any witnesses and he replied he�d seen no-one other than the 3 men he�d found dead. She smiled and turned toward the bedroom taking his hand as she led the way. Her thoughts were tomorrow she�d have to find herself another lover to replace the two she�d lost tonight. Sir Thomas � 05-04-03 T Lovett |