But the damage was done. The school undermined."Karen pursed her lips, noting the irony that she her appointment coincided with that dismissal. She ga...e Yorke a nod of understanding, “Retractions attract less attention than juicy stories. No wonder you were cagey about me."She wallowed in Yorke's reassuring smile, "What you are doing is more than welcome. I'm not cagey about you anymore."Karen was very aware of how their eyes held contact for longer than they might have. Could there really be. .. I know you. Now who is it?" She gives me a huge grin and bounces her eyebrows up and down in excitement. "I thought we'd discuss this over drinks tomorrow... I didn't think I'd have to deal with this at 6:50 in the morning..." I groan and unlock my trunk for the bags. "You made me wait to hear the story of the much needed orgasm... you have to tell me," she says and I look up at Shane. "Oh, don't worry about me. I married her, I'm totally used to it. I hear all of your phone conversations. ”He’s a little startled, but he gets over it quickly. “Right. Well. I think we can do two hundred dollars an hour. How does that sound, Hugo?”Hugo’s eyes get big. “You will give me two hundred dollars for each hour that I do this?” he asks incredulously. I can see him begin to realize how small-potatoes the money was he was getting for his veggies.But I don’t let it go any further. “Five hundred sounds a lot better,” I cut in smoothly.Irving looks at me, shocked. “Five?“ he says. “Linda, some. Lori sat me down, and explained that the folks back home didn’t know but she and Cara had been sleeping together since their first year of college and were lovers. They were actually looking for a roommate when I called, and they were happy to have someone they knew.Everybody was pleased with the arrangement. The girls were working at the local hospital and I was at the airport, so we all had crazy shifts and often we would not see each other for days on end.The only problem was the one.
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