We picked up my car and drove out to Croydon. Selsdon Park is a five star hotel. An old building covered in ivy. It sat in extensive formal gardens wi...h a terraced lawn and has a championship golf course all around it. A night there is a small fortune in a suite but as I said, worth the expense. Neither of us wanted to eat when we arrived and checked in. The food looked sumptuous, but our appetites were squashed by a mixture of excitement and nerves. The suite was all it could be, on-suite. "The older man nodded, then stroked Mariah's hand. She caught her breath as a tingle ran through her, making her feel alive, truly alive, for the first time in ages. It wasn't a sexual tingle at all—Mr. Snow was old enough to be her grandfather!—but it nudged her heart and soul to life in a different way."Eat up, Mariah. Then, go home. You're exhausted, my dear." Nik's voice was soft and gentle. He put a heaping plate on the table in front of her. "When you're done, we'll share a cab. I don't. Sometype of? sexy evil glint in her eye. Even with the heels she was a couple inches shorter than my5?7? but somehow I felt intimidated by her.??My name is Princess? she says.?Suddenly at a loss for words, feeling my face turning bright red, I openmy mouth trying to speak, I finally manage tostammer??I?m Cheryl?. Just then I hear, ?Here are your cigarettes?, I turn and seethe barmaid has?finally returned with my cigarettes.? Princess says ?Would you like to buy me a drink Cheryl???I?m? I ah??. I know you are helping Ted out with some of his expenses, and I hate to think about your college expenses. That can’t be cheap.”That’s when I gave myself a mental kick in the butt. I was always concerned about Jenny’s finances and told her how she needed to save her money for the future, but I never discussed our financial situation.I sat back and said, “I don’t have any college expenses. I am on a full academic scholarship, thanks to Mr. Korensky. My dad had an insurance policy that he took.