Stone Shadow
“He couldn't walk out of her office yet. Her face and fragrance and promise and the whole cheerleader fantasy had him nailed to the spot, riveted in place, and he forced himself to ask questions which she may or may not have answered. It was the weirdest and most uncharacteristic of situations for him. Eichord the cop had taken a cab. It was Jack Eichord, horny citizen, standing there having an audience with her majesty Noel Collier. The famous, the accomplished, the impossibly beautiful Noel Co...llier.
And beautiful she was indeed. He had only seen three or four breathtakingly ravishing beauties in his life. About one every ten years was the average, he thought. When he, was in the service a quarter-century ago, stationed in Europe, he'd seen Liz. He would never forget it. It was on a public beach in the South of France, and she had come out of the water like whatshername in the Greek legends, running by where he'd been sprawled out on a big beach towel. And she'd been like a vision, running by him suddenly, running and laughing, running toward somebody he never turned to see because the moment he saw the black hair and face he knew it was Elizabeth Taylor, and then, closer, he saw those eyes.MoreLess
And beautiful she was indeed. He had only seen three or four breathtakingly ravishing beauties in his life. About one every ten years was the average, he thought. When he, was in the service a quarter-century ago, stationed in Europe, he'd seen Liz. He would never forget it. It was on a public beach in the South of France, and she had come out of the water like whatshername in the Greek legends, running by where he'd been sprawled out on a big beach towel. And she'd been like a vision, running by him suddenly, running and laughing, running toward somebody he never turned to see because the moment he saw the black hair and face he knew it was Elizabeth Taylor, and then, closer, he saw those eyes.MoreLess
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