The whole place looked as if no one had been inside in a long time."How long?" I asked Kip."From the best I can tell, it's been about three minutes si...ce you left the helicopter. Mr. Graham dropped his briefcase as he stepped off the helicopter. I stopped to help him and when I looked up, you had disappeared. I had Izzy and Mr. Graham wait while I circled the farmhouse. Then we came in and found you here," Kip reported. I was sure that his watch and the chronograph on the helicopter would. “I am Child,” Michael answered barely loud enough to be heard. He found using that name Dominique preferred humiliating but somehow welcome.“Sixth floor,” was the curt response he received before the intercom went dead and the door to the elevator slid open. Upon arrival, he found Dominique in her corset stockings and heels waiting for him. Her imposing height and piercing bright blue eyes demanded his submission. A finger raised to her lips required his silence.“Strip,” she whispered as he. Smart people weren't impressed by the shallow claims of cleverness that often popped out of her mouth. The ambitious wouldn't lavish praise upon her for her accomplishments but would point out where there was room for improvement. The beautiful wouldn't praise her modest good looks. Trying to be around them had only increased her hunger.Sally would return from parties devastated at her failure to achieve sufficient praise. Out of five hundred people there, only a handful would even notice her.. Those.”I rolled my eyes for a second and said: “Once upon a time, not long ago, didn’t you idolize a rapper because of his mentality? Didn’t you idolize the fact that he came from almost nothing, just like us? You still idolize him, do you?” I said, sincerely. She nodded.After a slight hesitation, she asked: “What’s your cousin’s story?”“Well, this will be a long story,” I started. “My cousin Jay and I were close. We still kind of are. We’re close-knit. All of my cousins that I am close to I.