Leave him hanging so that he has to be on his best behaviour thinking it is the only way he will be invited back.”“That works for me. I’ll clue ...onnie up on what we are doing so that she doesn’t give the game away.”“Ron, would you like to come over? Gary’s at work and I know that Ronnie is out shopping.”“You know I won’t do that, Sarah but it’s tempting. We’ll need to leave it till Tuesday night, honey.”“You know that if the situation was reversed, Ronnie would do it don’t you?”“I don’t know. She had choices in life. Decisions to make. She couldn’t be selfish. She had to be practical. And her father’s body was falling apart and he’d given her everything he could possibly give and she still keep taking. Maybe it was time to stop.*Troy didn’t agree. She didn’t know quite how she’d decided it was sensible to spill her innermost secrets into the ear of someone she’d never even seen but there was something comforting about the anonymity. He didn’t know her enough to judge her. He was. My mouth froze as I looked over at Salvador. He was half-smiling expectantly. This whole conversation was leading up to that. Sex redefined how I saw her. Everything started to click. Sex redefined how May saw me too. How Nicole saw me. How I saw Nicole. How Megan saw me, how Megan saw Carter. I was shocked less and less every day by Carter’s actions. This whole thing, which started out as a wholly emotional crush on May, led to sex that delegitimized my feelings for her.“Am I a bad person?” I. "So, can I trust you to act right? And do exactly what you're told,without any backtalk or whining?" Yes, Ma'am." His eye make-up was running just a little. She alwaysbought the cheap kind, because she liked that effect. And so did Max."Now let me check your bottom and make sure that nasty Max didn't go toofar. Okay, Danita?" Yes. Thank you."She went behind him and saw his bottom, so recently pale, now mottled redall over. Max had done a vicious job. Even so, she couldn't resistadding.