” Jake turned to Boris. “On behalf of society, I applaud you. Meanwhile, you’re wasting your breath snapping at me. You will be an open book for...these women very soon. My little game is nothing compared to what they will see then.”“I bet you won’t like it either the next time you get put on the spot,” Boris said.“No, I don’t suppose I will,” Jake said, “but it was for a good cause. I’m sure Alice appreciates your sacrifice. She’s been talking about probing some of the men at work to see if they. He gripped my arms tighter, "seriously, Laine. It can't meananything. You know that." His eyes were full of so much intensity, Istarted squirming under his gaze. "Yeah, of course, I know that," I tried to play it off like I wasn'tcompletely, and utterly turned on by my brother right now. He searched my face for a little while, like there was a hiddenanswer or something if only he looked a little harder, "good. Now,let's go to the cave." The cave was this small area under the water with a. So, I hope you and I can start fresh.”“Uh…..okay. What else do you want? I know you could have called to tell me that, so why did you walk down here to see me?” Natalie knew it was strange, especially since Ann wasn’t notorious for making trips down to visit. Kelly, Belinda, and Susan were still hanging out at Natalie’s house and overheard the entire conversation from the front window. They were dead quiet as they waited for Ann to give the other reason for her visit.”Look, Nat, you’re a. ‘I like to do things myself.’ He poured milk into the waiting saucers, both already containing perfect little shots of espresso. The crema on top of each shot glistened with the familiar light brown bubbles that indicate it was done right. ‘No flowers or pine trees or hearts or anything, eh?’ I teased him. ‘I’ve never figured out how they do that, either. I keep meaning to ask Mariko to show me.’ We walked together back into the living room, and I plopped down my recorder between us, and.