Living alone, ashtrays everywhere on the old furniture, the occasional cognac, the typewriter, the disks on the shelves, rarely leaving my appartment,...just for cigarettes, digesting and replaying the past in my head.I don't know if you ever noticed my dark silhoutte before on the stairs when we happened to cross our ways. Large shoulders, a black leather jacket, black jeans, short black hair, moving elastically, youthfully, as if I took a deep breath before surging from behind my door, locking. “No, you won’t”, he replied smugly. “Air Cadets require parental permission, which I have withdrawn. If you turn up, they’ll send you away.”I closed my eyes in realisation that he was right. “Mum would be ashamed of you; you know that? She was kind and generous. You’re just spiteful and greedy.” I stalked away in disgust, not giving him time to reply.That night I spoke privately with Dan in the study, giving him orders to have Uncle Will abducted and thrown off a cliff somewhere. Dan smiled. I send a text to Maria anyways.Me: HeyI wait a few minutes and finish cleaning up. But I don’t wait long before I hear my phone vibrate with a text from Maria.Maria: HeyMe: You up?Maria: ObviouslyMe: I didn’t think you’d answerMaria: Well, I did. : )Me: CoolMaria: What’s up?Me: I just needed a friendMaria: You want to come over?Me: To your place?Maria: To Reyna’s. I’m at her place right now.Me: She’s letting you text?Maria: She’s not a bitch, Sarah.Me: Right. Sorry.Maria: It’s fineMe: I just. "Hanson grabbed the whiskey bottle back and shoved his friend's shoulder. "Shit, that's just what you need. Little black cat bone might keep you out of trouble." Had a girl that did a spell on me," Sam said, sucking his gold tooth. "Couldn't get one up for three months."Hanson laughed and looked down at Billie. She hadn't said a thing since he'd pulled her up beside him, but she was as close to his side as she could get without going through his shirt. Gently he slipped a hand down along one of.