"They told me more, but somehow I feel ... I don't know ... like I'm telling a secret too intimate to expose to strangers? I know that sounds ludicrou..., compared to what I've already revealed. But that's the way I feel.So I'll just dumb it down a bit and say that, during that session of lovemaking, she was able to let her inner desires out, and did not resist what his stated intentions were.In fact ... she welcomed it.Which probably explains why, an hour after he had finished trying to. He’d do his best not to think about Rachel, her jealousy, her meanness, but he doubted it would work. Leigh was fun, but he doubted that anything could distract him tonight. He watched as she got off the bus, and suddenly all the fighting just melted away. His feelings for her rushed back when he saw her face, saw her smile at the driver as he took her bag off the bus. God, she’s beautiful, he thought. Maybe he suppressed it, but all the memories of her laugh, her touch, came flooded over him.. ” “Near me was Richard Ellis, Captain of the East India and Ellis snatched a pewter tray from the bar and placed it at me back just as the buggerer’s dagger struck it.” “Just as quickly he swung up his flintlock as the man turned to run. My crew placed themselves between the bastard and the door.” Me men looked to me and I told them only that I had no further use for this coward.” “The last I saw the braggart he was escorted outside by my crew and a score of hands from the India and it’s said. He ground it under his feet.“Like your skinny little dick.”Thad Jones pushed us apart.“What’s the big joke?”“We’re switching roles, spoofing Sadie Hawkins-”“No one’s laughing,” Thad said.“Think about it. You’ll figure it out.”“Think about this, faggot.”Jack gut-punched me, knocked the wind out of me. I staggered into Marta’s arms. Thad blocked Jack from pummeling me to the ground. “Back off, Jack. Rios’s stunt’s not worth getting this party shut down.” Jack withdrew, snarling. “We’ll see who.