" No, not at all. You're wonderful. That has nothing to do with it."Taking her in his arms he held her tightly."You have to trust me. This will be goo... for both of us. Gavin is young and full of energy and the two of you will have a lot of fun together. I promise you, nothing between us will change. You know your place both in my life and in my heart."For the first time she felt angry with Devon. She wanted to be his only one, the center of his attention. She didn't want to compete with anyone. On the way to my room, Mr. Phillips told me he had watched me through the window a few times “dressing up” and I looked pretty cute as I was modeling for myself in the mirror. I stood there on the stairway as the blood drained from my face. My stomach felt a bit queasy, and my legs felt like rubber. Then he told me to go upstairs and dress up for him. He wanted me completely shaved and perfumed before a came back down. I never turned around to face him, I just slowly marched up to my bedroom.. La miapreoccupazione andava al fatto che non sapevo bene cosa aspettarmi.Continuavo a girare intorno al letto provando tanti movimenti diversiper vedere dove ero limitato. Chiaramente non potevo correre e nonpotevo neanche piegarmi di scatto, ma la mia mobilit? era decisamentebuona e miglioravo molto velocemente. Il rumore dei tacchi non si eraancora interrotto, almeno fino a quando scivolai leggermente e caddi perterra. Non mi feci assolutamente niente ma mi resi conto ancora megliodel fatto. Paul values love over everything else.” My expression and tone darkened, “But love has to be earned, and this is my promise. I will try my best to earn your love. My name is-”“Stupid, White Cunt!” A ten year old boy taunted, making everyone laugh.I nodded. “That’s right, child. What’s your name?”The boy had been expecting a rebuke. He didn’t falter, much. “M-malcome.”I smiled. “That’s your street name, but since you gave me my Sunday school name, I’ll give you yours.” I scanned the room with a.