I wouldn't want to go anywhere else if I had a hot little piece like yours waiting either. See you tomorrow night."Roger smiled weakly, said good nigh..., and staggered toward the exit. Cord's last words burned in his mind. Hot piece. If Marc only knew what kind of an icy bitch she really was. Even out of bed, she demanded all the little things involved in story book romance, with her teasing, suggestive remarks and her come-on looks, parading around in provocative clothes. But it was all a sham.. Then he laughed and walked away. Still the baby isn't his; Susan turned to Brother Jerome for consolation." Even so, I don't want to ever learn his name; I'd hurt him." The last thing is that Susan knows about you and Rose. Brother Jerome isn't the only member of the Faith who seems to be able to see what's going to happen. She is embarrassed and very contrite. She's aware of how she let her hormones get away from her. She ignored everything she'd been taught and it turned out badly."Ellie. She told me that you have never said anything in front of her that was even remotely negative about me. In fact, she told me that you took my side on almost every issue — even when I'm wrong." Unified front," I replied. "I have also told her that there was an 11 in 14 chance that if one of said something crappy about the other it would be you she overheard. I think she accepts that." Maybe we can try to be better about things, Mike," she said."Maybe," I replied."When I got the call from down. Just as she doubted that she could go any further, she saw before and far away beneath her the plains of that Southern land where she was to spend the next few months. It looked like Paradise to the poor tortured Princess, a plain covered with lakes and trees, through which she must pass in order to reach the southern tip of the country below, her ultimate destination.The descent was in many ways more of a trial than that long climb which she had barely been able to complete. One compensation.