“Are you staying?” she asks Rad, but her voice only gives away the aching exhaustion she must be feeling. “Oh my, Pretty Girl,” he purrs softly with excitement. The chair makes a squeaking sound, and his footsteps come toward us leisurely. I'm sure not to scare her off. “Only if you’ll have me,” he says in all seriousness. “Only if you want me to watch or touch you or whatever you want.”

