“You don’t have to explain yourself to me. Honestly,” I said, fiddling with the tassels on the cushion, “it was one night. You hardly know me....��He scoffed at that. “I hardly know you? Really?”I swallowed and focused on the tassel again, smoothing all of the strings down. In the tiny room, my knee was almost grazing his and I felt like a weak iron filing drawn to a magnet.“You know me in a professional capacity.”“I know you, Nat. I know you’re kind, beautiful and sexy as hell. I know you don’t. "Willy's face was streaked with her tears, but they were joyous tears. Imagine that, the girls and I had our own servant – our own person to help us through life.Breakfast at the big table was a surprise. The kitchen ladies had prepared a very traditional American breakfast with bacon, eggs, biscuits, fried potatoes, and gravy. Everyone enjoyed the food and the conversation across the table.Hideki asked who was in charge of the house expansion when we were finished. Jules and Katie raised their. ..tools...." she smirked at me andbounced off.So 20 minutes later I go into the changeroom to look at her damn sink. I could hear her clunking around in the steam room, so I figuredshe'd be a good half hour before needing any water for a shower or whatever, so I had plenty of time.I was walking to the sink when a smell hit me like a slap. Lying on a bench in the change room was Darian's tennis outfit, all bunchedtogether. I could smell the odour of teenage sweat from five feet away, it was so. .. all seemed to swirl together in my head.Now, I thought, my summer was COMPLETELY ruined.It was well past midnight by the time we got home, but I got very little sleep that night. The painkillers only dulled the pain and the cast on my leg was heavy and unfamiliar. Between all that and Mom coming in to check on me every couple of hours, the best I could do was doze off for a few minutes at a time. What little sleep I did get was filled with dreams of flying bicycles and blue-spotted clouds.In.