Virgie shook her head with a smile. But her smile was certainly a way to hide her longing for Martin.
"Which Pack are you from?" the macho man asked.
"No. I'm not in the Pack. I'm independent," Virgie replied confidently.
The man smiled. He even laughed. Virgie felt embarrassed when a stranger laughed at her.
"Is that funny?" Virgie asked.
The man seemed to know Virgie was embarrassed by how she laughed. "Oh, I am sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. I just admire you," the man said. "I am Vic, by the way."
"Vic? Hem, it's a good name. I am Virgie," Virgie said.
"Virgie?" The man looked up. More precisely, in the direction of a billboard mounted on a tall building. "Like her?"
Virgie also looked at the billboard. She smiled because she looked so beautiful and sexy on the billboard.
