She won't get her hopes up." She tilted her head to look up at him. "It's a weird self-esteem thing, I guess, but Dee doesn't think she's good enough ...or him." Dom snorted. "Well, she's wrong. He's not good enough for her." It was a cardinal rule to harass one's teammates off the ice, even if they weren't around to appreciate it, Dom thought. He was only adhering to the code. "No one is," Lani said in stout defense of her friend. "So, will you miss me?" Dom kept his voice light, but his stomach. ‘Well, he’s been pressuring me to, well to you know…have sex with him.’ ‘Not surprised, but am guessing that you haven’t yet.’ ‘No, no we haven’t, though I have let him do a few other things.’ Once again I knew what some of those ‘things’ were as she’d put it, though I hadn’t read forward yet, so perhaps there were a few more besides that I wasn’t really aware of. ‘Go on.’ ‘Well the truth is, I’ve been putting him off, giving him just enough the way I thought about it to keep things under. I proceed to shave my entire body and then begin the process ofdolling myself up. I have some scented lotion that is the same brand thatBrenda keeps in her desk drawer. It smells divine. I rub the lotion intomy skin, paint my nails, put on my lingerie and do my makeup. Breast formsare glued on and my corset is cinched as tightly as I can get it. Hose,hair and heels complete the look. I'm not going to win major beautypageants anytime soon, but I'm generally happy with the results.It usually. " Not lately," Lindy agreed."And the clones?" I asked."Same thing." Shit," I said. "Another ambush?" What about Helen?" asked Lindy."There too," Helena replied after going blank, and with a smirk on her face."What's so funny?" I asked her."Oh, it's just that Father can't help thinking Simon will miss out on all the intrigue, without Eva there spying for him." Yes," Nick chuckled when the angels and Lindy and I gathered together in his suite. "Probably the most important, most widespread in.