"I suppose I made it up," Terri giggled. "It means acting in the fashion of a student." And 'studious' wouldn't work? It's a real word," her dad rebou...ded."No, Dad," she explained. "'Studious' carries a meaning of a student being more active in his studies. I think it applies to people who are only students. Jason's more than just a student, so he has both a student life and a working life, and he needs to be more studenty." Oh, I see," Alan said. "Is that a Cindy thing?"Terri gets this. You worked forty hours a week to afford this,” I said, waving at the squalor of her studio apartment. “Now picture yourself living on a private tropical island, where you can spend most of your day relaxing on a beach. Your regular responsibilities will consist of exercising and seeing to my sexual satisfaction. You can ask Scarlett if she considers that an onerous duty while you come here.”“More like the best part of being his slave,” Scarlett laughed. “Master is an amazing lover. Come closer,. I’m just saying that I think she drifted away and then kind of broke our trust.”“By not telling me about the two of you?” I asked softly.“Yeah, stuff like that.”“Did you call her today?”“No, but maybe I will now.”“I heard she is back with the dude she was with earlier this year.”“Brian?”“Yeah.”“Oh,” Lara muttered, her face turning somewhat downcast.“But still, she said she didn’t like him,” I offered. “Maybe she’s just with him to get back at me, or something.”“Have you talked to her?”“No.. He pushes me against the wall by my throat just inside the front door. I stand on my tiptoes as he tweaks my nipples hard, half kisses, half bites my lips. I tremble from head to foot, aroused beyond belief. He walks upstairs to the shower room, remembering where it is from his first visit. I follow silently. I kneel on the bathroom floor, so lost in the moment that I don't even notice the cold hard ceramic tiles that I'm kneeling on. I watch as he undresses, marvelling at his strength, youth.