"Good evening sir. May I take your keys please?" Said the boy with a slight stutter as he held out his hand.Nikolai tossed him the keys as he smiled a... the boy. "Just do me one favor. Remember how good it feels to drive all of this expensive machinery tonight and strive for you own when you're older." Said Nikolai as he headed for the large mahogany doors that would lead him to his tempting prey.Ivy paced in the ivory colored bedroom she slept in when she was still living at home. Now she used. "Get used to this and them, they are the women who you will be mixing with, so get yourself comfortable being among them. If you don't know it they all have been eyeing you up and down. I bet you one of them will be over to speak to me soon, then if you pass inspection the word will spread like wildfire there is a new man around. If one comes over stand," she whispered this while leaning forward. The smell of her perfume and closeness caused a sudden reactive response from Junior.She was spot. ”“But are there any boys in your class that you like?”“Not really. They’re all stupid. All they want to do is talk about football and make fun of the girls.”“What about the girls? Do you have any friends?”“I hang around with a couple of girls. We eat lunch together and do projects in school.”“What about after school, do you sometimes invite them over to your house or go to their houses for parties?”“Dad won’t let me bring anyone to our house and I stopped asking him to let me go to a. “I’m… your date,” he said finally. “I’m ‘Ben.’”Holly’s head began to spin, and it wasn’t the Lillet or the wine. What Luca was telling her shocked her to the core. “You’re Ben?” she asked. He nodded without speaking, clearly not knowing how she might react. “When I first met you, I didn’t know we would become… such close friends,” said Luca. “I just wanted to talk to you, however I could. I didn’t know how long I would be able to stay with you. I didn’t think you would have much to do.