One Or Two Steps Behind

One or Two Steps BehindIt was a gift for the impossibly beautiful young woman.It was a kitten of some, he was told, rare and desirable breed. It had cost him over $200.He planned to take it to her in the evening when the office closed.The girl had been his lover over the last month. They had made love in her shared flat and in his hotel room.Each time he woke up next to her he thought her the most lovely thing he'd ever seen, and he never ceased feeling the gap between them was unbridgeable, and...