"I can only be contacted by e-mail, Spike, so I'll give you that address... "LAURA WINDSLOW, aka Lana Lick, the newest slut cocksucker hooker of the e...ening, could have taken the taxi the few blocks to the party, but she didn't want anyone else to see her in this getup. Especially friends.One look at her in this costume, she knew, and the snide, but funny comments would start. They would be joking, of course, but she felt she would blush so violently, even at the first comment, that they would. ”“Okay. I’ll wait like twenty minutes then head over there.”I had a bad feeling about this.******I told Mark I’d have to beg off that day’s work, as my stomach was bothering me after the Mexican food I’d had the night before. He was a little cheesed that he’d have to take care of Maddie’s parents’ huge-ass grounds all by himself, but he cheered up a bit when I told him I’d already called one of our buddies to cover for me. He left, and about ten minutes later, Maddie showed up.We went into the. “What did you learn about betrayal?” Iane snapped.“Not that much. I keep my trust to myself, and without my trust no one can betray me. That way I can retain my trust and avoid a lot of disappointment, too,” he calmly answered.Iane slowly turned and looked into his eyes. “Can you love without trust?”Iane’s gaze met an abyss of emptiness. “Whom I love, is mine, and I jealously protect what’s mine. If I can’t protect what’s mine, I’ll destroy who took it away from me. That’s who I am, and trust. "You are in some ways in a worse position than me. Oh Pug! What has life done to us?"After a moment of commiserating with each other we sat down to drink the tea. At least I had furniture if nothing else."Why did you have your hair cut short?" I questioned."Don't you like it?" She said, raising her hand to fluff at the side."That wasn't the question. Do you like it short?" Why, would you like to see it longer?" It amused me that Diane like most women seemed to answer a question with.