‘I think you’d like her. How could he say that to me? I think you’d like her? I think I wish she was here so I could take her first,’ Lori sna...led.On the outside, she gave him a warm smile and turned back to the shelf seething. ‘Good,’ the voice inside her hissed, ‘Yes use that, let the hate flow through you.’Lori covered her mouth and quickly turned her head so Todd couldn’t see she almost burst into laughter. She was on the verge of killing her ex-boyfriend and her conscience was quoting Star. ”And so Cameron heeded the old Lord’s warning and sat down beside him. But the moment he sat down next to Lord Remington, the old man put one arm around the youth, ruffling his short golden hairs as he inched closer to the boy.“You know, you’re going to have to start getting used to talking to people differently. You’re not Duke Eveur anymore, you’re a page named Cameron whose parents sold you into servitude under me. No last names, nothing about your past life.”Cameron looked up at the old. No news. Not a peep. I called Manny and Consuela, neither of whom had seen her at the gym. ‘Where was she?’ and ‘Was she OK?’ were now the only questions on my mind. An answer arrived late Tuesday night. Fast asleep as I was, I became aware of Simone kissing the back of my neck. She was quietly cooing to herself, but the sound was a relief. She knew me well enough to know that I’d have a hundred questions and moved a hand across my face on the pillow and, putting one finger up over my lips,. We drove home after midnight, feeling loose and good, laughing about the party. Neither of us had to find a way to propose it — we knew we were going to fuck. No romance, but there was romance in that. We didn’t even make it to the bed. Her lips were on mine as the key went into the lock, and the front door closed again with a bang as I pushed her against it, one hand gripping her shoulder, the other the inside of her thigh, my thumb feeling up into the damp center of her panties, my tongue.