Someone hands him a bottle, filled with water. He looks up, sees the black robe, and rolls his eyes. He takes a good sip, staring at the sand of the t...aining field. The water is cool. “Who was so stupid to let you in here? Doesn’t he know that this is no place for a lady?”She leans against the tree. “Being the princess brings some benefits.”Akin looks around. “There are no guards.” There’s no one in the training area but him and Lin.“I like my privacy,” she says.Akin sights and stands up. “Why. Got some of that bowl over there?’ She sipped as I lit the bowl and passed it to her. ‘I told Candace, I call her Candi, all about you. Were your ears burning?’ I chuckled. ‘What did you tell her?’ ‘I told her about how charming you were and how nice to be with and how you rocked my world last night…’ ‘Really?’ ‘I did. I told her how you were the best lover I ever had, not that my list is so long, and that you made me cum like never before. I told her that and I told her how your tongue can do. She stared at us, eyes filled with hate. I decided to interrogate her. Why did she do it? Ann Brock sneered. She said she wasn’t telling us anything. This time, I smacked the black bitch in the face. She was going to fess up, or else. Ann looked at Arnold, and called him a traitor. He stared at her, stunned. Ann went on. She considered all black men who dated white women to be traitors to the race. Arnold smiled. He told her that he went out with whatever women he found funny, cool and. “Daddy?” I asked, after a stiff swallow of whiskey burned down my throat.“Hmmm,” he said.“I forgot to buy you a birthday present, I’m sorry.”“Don’t be, sweety. Your company is enough.”I bet! “I do have one thing I can give you,” I said. The faintest smile turned Ted’s lips. “I’ve been saving it, in fact.”“What’s that, honey?”“It’s so embarrassing,” I said. “I’ve been telling Ken I’m saving myself for someone special.”“That’s good, sweetie,” he said.“I can’t think of anyone more special than.