Sass was the only weapon I had left.However, Armitage didn?t give me the opportunity. The moment I broughtmy gaze up, he backhanded me across the face...with a blow that made theone from earlier feel like a love slap.My head snapped back as a cry of pain, rather than a sarcastic remark,leapt from my mouth. The impact staggered me sideways, and my legstangled to send me crashing down on the soft grass."Pick her up and take her back inside," Armitage growled to his men."Put her in Room Five Do make. The men were shouting something that sounded like "MineSecurityDoNotMove!" but their shouts were overpowered by an explosive roar from the area by the bar.In her peripheral vision, she could see one of the security types propelled backwards, a fine mist of red droplets spraying out behind him. Her primary attention, however, was on the two who had targeted her. The security types hesitated for just a moment, a flicker of the eyes and a twitch like they were going to turn towards the sound of. " Flattered?" Yes. Most of the kids at school are too preoccupied with how other people think of them. That's why they organize themselves in their little cliques or groups or things. It's all about their identity. So if someone were to just come up to me out of the blue and start talking with me, I'd take it as a sign that they were more interested in me than in how I thought of them." I guess you have a point." So now that you've actually met me, you'll talk to me at school, won't you?" I. .. ?" Yes?" Where's the towel?" In the washing machine." You don't have a spare?" Nah, I live on my own here so only needed the one. I put your clothes in the wash too."The realisation of being in a strangers house with nothing to wear had rendered me speechless. She noted my embarrassment and walked to the bathroom."A little shy? Come on, the naked body is nothing to be ashamed of. I walk round the house with nothing on all the time and I'm not wearing anything now. Look."I opened the door and.