I'm sorry everything looks so sterile and unlived in, but Elmer can't help himself. He's absolutely O.C. about keeping order around here. I don't mind...that he's a neat freak, but he drives my brother, PJ nuts because he's a total slob by nature."Anna Belle smiled and said, "Well, I'll be happy to help you make a mess. And I think Elmer is handsome and charming. How did he come to be your nanny? Or maybe manny would be the masculine form."Jasper shrugged and said, "I don't know all the details,. ‘That does look so positively divine, Ricardo, you are lovely on the eye, would you, could you –?’ She gulped -not finishing her sentence. But the way she was looking down at him sort of said it all. He sensed her wanting, put the duster down on the bedside table and grasped the waistband of his boxers, making a move as if to pull them down but waiting for a positive reaction.. She seemed in a daze, eyes half open and her cheeks more flushed than ever. Then she spoke with a divine whisper. "Yes. Are you bringing her here after you take her to dinner?" Probably, I'm not sure. Is there a problem?" I was asking because she didn't seem pleased."No, I was just wondering." Are you coming with me?" I'm going to stay here a while. You go on ahead." Her disgruntled voice made her feelings known."I'll see you later," I concluded, and walked away.After showering, I was getting dressed, suddenly realizing my fear had returned. I knew that tonight there was no way out. I had no one to answer. Tick and Shay are good people.”“Yeah. They real cool. It’s probably real quiet around here compared to where you from?”Bailey inhaled and held it for a moment. He shook his head in disagreement.“Oh naw? Fah real?”Bailey blew a stream of smoke. “It’s about the same as where I was before.”“Where was that?”“Some suck ass town.”“How you end up here.”“I ran away in the middle of the night. Hitchhiked.”“Ran away. Is you legal.”“Yeah, I’m 18,” Bailey said proudly.“Aight.” Tre took a sip of the cognac..