”He found himself flushed with anger. He lifted the hand that was caressing her ass and slammed it down hard on his mother’s bare ass.“I’m not...boring you, Mom, am I?” He slapped her harder than he’d intended. Her bottom was still quivering from his blow; and he could see the pink outline of his palmprint on her right buttock. In the mirror he could see tears well up in her eyes. She bit her lower lip but remained silent. He felt guilty he had slapped her so hard. He kissed the back of her neck. ’ As he made to move Janet was quickly grabbing the coffee pot and poured him a cup as Bronwyn passed a pastry to him. He thanked them and quietly thought to himself as he ate and drank. The others remained silent to give him space to think without disturbance. They were very curious as they had heard many noises and voices during lunchtimes coming from his office. Firstly when Linda had been abnormally visiting him every day, and then Janet was in there when Linda did not come. Muted sounds. Byron hadn’t informed me that Luther lived in Delray Beach, a good hour away even at this time of night. A fact I knew he’d deliberately held back as he could already see how flustered I was by this unexpected late-night development.As the Uber headed north, I’d called and texted a couple of times but got no response from Jill. When I’d stopped kicking myself for leaving my phone on silent, I wondered why Jill hadn’t simply come in to talk to me. The only explanation being that maybe she didn’t. Her charisma and ease with social interaction made her a very casual character. She was always mellow and flexible. She seemed content with just about everything life threw at her. She planned to finish her university years away from England. Perhaps she preferred the atmosphere here, or perhaps she didn't want her parents too keen on her late nights out - assuming she even returned the same evening.There was also Azariah Briggs, the biggest one in Sabiyya's circle. She worked a temp job at an.