. Look, it doesn’t matter now anyway, let’s just go home, I’m tired. We can talk about this tomorrow”. Jake didn’t say anything. There was n...thing he could say, he felt so ashamed. They headed out of the hospital in silence. The bus journey back to the neighbourhood where the two young men lived was like torture. They went the whole way without saying a single word to one another. It wasn’t that they didn’t have anything to talk about; they clearly had a number of problems to sort out, but now. ..uh, Wendy," Emily interjected, lying on the fly. "She'sbeen out with the flu for a while...I hope you're not comingdown with it." She reached under the table, and grasped"Robyn's" knee encouragingly.It was an odd sensation, to say the least, having a hand on hisknee, under a dress and slip. While the waiter took their order,Emily took the opportunity to whisper in his ear, "I doubt myparents are home. I'll take you to my place, and you can borrowsome of my brother Alan's clothes and go. ‘Oh, how lovely that was! And now –’ ‘Now,’ Rob said, ‘I believe you’ve had what you asked for.’ ‘But I –’ ‘Frigged her, yes, and a damned fine job of it, too. She went off like gunpowder.’ ‘I’m not done. I want to lick her, to taste the sweet honey.’ ‘I’m sure you do. Next time, Enrique. Next time. For now, Constance, come here.’ ‘No,’ she sobbed into the rug. ‘Come here, sweet sister.’ ‘What about me?’ Enrique moved suddenly, and Constance heard a popping, ticking sound as of small items. He never touched me, except to take my hand to guide me up the staircase. Then again, to get in and out of the Uber car. Satisfied?"An awkward silence hung in the air for a moment or two.Mac inhaled sharply. "Look, I’m sorry I went off on you. I just thought we had an understanding that you need to keep up the appearance of being in a relationship with me. Now an employee of the hotel suspects that isn’t true. If word spreads, I will look like a fool. And who’s this other guy, Fa.