She had sat up slowly, disoriented but as soon as she saw the guy, she had felt her tense, scooting back next to her as though for protection. She rec...gnized him, had seen him around. A jerk. He had no sense of right and wrong, was mean-spirited. He had never messed with her even though one time they had almost got into a scuffle at a gathering a few months back. He was intimidated by her and she didn't mind one bit. Just a punk kid trying to asset his power in an unstructured environment. His. Taking on the role of a gentleman, he struck flame to akitchen match which he’d bought for that very purpose,and then Ben held it to the end of her cigarette. Sheinhaled, and in two puffs, Lyssa filled the smallbedroom with the wafting odor of acrid tobacco. Hewatched her breasts heave and her ribs swell as shebreathed the thick smoke in and held it. She exhaled astrong gray stream of cloudy smoke which quickly spreadout through his tiny studio apartment. Benjaminwrinkled his. “I sure do and I knew as soon as she told us about her and Joe, that Eli and I would be out here at least one night while we’re here!”“What did Sissy tell you?” Isaac asked. He already knew it had to be something wild and crazy that she’d told them, the way the two sisters were laughing.“She told us that she and Joe did it out here on the balcony one night with the lights of the city shining on them,” Ruby told them.“Uh, you mean right here?” Isaac asked, looking toward Eli to see him. Sighing to herself, she let him lead her to his very fashionable car. The Porche had cost him a pretty penny, she knew, but his family consisted of money. All of them lawyers, mostly prosecuting attorneys. His grandfather had been the Attorney General for the United States, back in the seventies. After that, anyone in his family who even thought to be an attorney could charge exorbitant fees. They were the white family version of Johnny Cochran. ‘I’m glad you found the place so easily.’.