The Quarry

[Rage Menelas]

[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]Ryan was turning out to be a better James Bond than he would've expected. Of course, he was falling dramatically in love-lust with the woman who was the mark of his espionage, but who didn't feel that way about her?! He was sure every male member of every show fell hard! And he had been there to observe it—at every show she had performed at in the past two weeks. Due to this die-hard dedication he soon began to receive VIP fan invites to after-event, backstage parties. At these the lady-of-honor would put in a brief appearance, kiss cheeks, join in a toast or two and promptly leave...

Ryan reported the progress back to Quang.

“Good, good, but you must find a way to stand out with her... figure out how to get her attention,” he suggested, grinning. “Who knows...? You may get in her pants if you try hard enough.”

Ryan glared at the obscene man, shook his head in disgust. Not only did he want to kill the lady but he wanted to deceive her emotionally, to abuse her physically first. “I thought you said you were a Christian?” he spat out venomously.

“So I am.”

“How do you reconcile your faith with murder... deception?”

Quang smirked and shook his head. “I do not have to explain myself to you, my faith is quite private, quite secure. One day if you and I become friends on that level I may answer your question, as long as it is not laced with the heavy poison of sarcasm... Suffice it to know that God is square with me, and I am square with Him.”

Ryan shook his head in disgust. He had lived around religious hypocrites all his life. Why was he surprised to find one here?