We Need To Have A Talk On

He Often Wondered Whether It Were Possible To Be More Possessed By Desire For Any Other Woman. The Fact Was That They Functioned Well Together, And They Had A Connection As Addictive As Heroin.

She's Married. I'm More A Friend And Occasional Lover.

Salander Leaned Back Against The Pillow And Followed The Conversation With A Smile. She Wondered Why She, Who Had Such Difficulty Talking About Herself With People Of Flesh And Blood, Could Blithely Reveal Her Most Intimate Secrets To A Bunch Of Completely Unknown Freaks On The Internet.

It Did No Good To Cry, She Had Learned That Early On. She Had Also Learned That Every Time She Tried To Make Someone Aware Of Something In Her Life, The Situation Just Got Worse. Consequently It Was Up To Her To Solve Her Problems By Herself, Using Whatever Methods She Deemed Necessary.

Her Absence Had Felt Like Torture--almost A Form Of Personal Punishment. He Had Nobody To Discuss His Feelings With, And For The First Time He Realised With Appalling Clarity What A Destructive Hold She Had Over Him.