"It's Shannon," Emily said. "We, uh, haven't seen her for a while."Stephanie gave a tiny, not-altogether-genuine smile. "She's fine," the older girl s...id. "Sometimes the induction process can be a little ... intense. She's just staying up at the house for a couple of days."Emily nodded slowly. All kinds of terrible thoughts whirled through her mind. "Intense how?" she finally said.Stephanie was already hopping from foot to foot, eager to leave. "Listen, I hate to run," she said. "But I'm super. ‘“Oh Daddy. Just a few months ago I was still in a Catholic school and the nuns there taught us to be good little girls and always keep our legs closed and only have sex with our husbands once we were married. Now look where I am. I’m lying in a bed naked with my gorgeous Black Daddy after he fucked me and now he’s feeling my body everywhere! They would be so shocked.”They both laughed at the thought.“Why didn’t you listen to the nuns.”“All the girls knew that what the nuns taught us was. Rachel took her absence to squeal and struggle and look pleadingly at Will, trying to catch his eyes. He would save her, she knew he would.Will did not look her way for a second. He kept his eyes trained on the doorway. As Ella came in carrying a large tool bag, he grabbed her by the waist, pulling her into a deep, passionate kiss.“Baby, can I please…”“Just wait a little while. We haven’t had any fun yet, William.”His eyes followed her hungrily as she dropped the bag beside the chair. It. "Is that a big hot tub or a small pool?" Adrianne asks, There’s a very spacious hot -tub-like thing built in the terrace."Hot tub, it has the system and all. Nice, huh?" Dominic says."Yeah, it's great. We've got an indoor pool in our home, but I'd rather have this, with that view. You don't need a pool when you have the ocean." 'Our home'? You two are...?" Dominic asks, changing his glance from me to Adrianne to me again. "I mean my family home, but Emma's got a pool, too. With a cool bar!".