Perfume

All Pet desired was getting on with her life. She wanted the divorce finalized. She wanted to forget the mugging and attempted rape. She wanted the horrible headlines to vanish from her memory, but no matter how hard she tried the words kept coming back to her. ANOTHER ASSAULT IN RANDALL HEIGHTS -WOMAN VICIOUSLY ATTACKED- SUSPECT ON THE LOOSE.

She wondered why men had to get so close. What attracted them to her? Was it the imported perfume? Mother always told her she had the face of an angel and the body of a goddess to entice a man. Lately though, She felt there was something more, something uncomfortable.

Harry sniffed her hair and startled her. Joshua's intimidating stare engulfed her. Anthony couldn't get enough of her, and made every excuse to be with her. Neil, her "ex" hated her. Jari Slobomen did her harm. 

Oh, yes, then there was the rape trial that frightened her. The disturbing event took her sanity for an emotional roller coaster ride that made her own status quo look like a bad dream. Would her life ever be normal again?