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- Index
- Giovanni Guareschi [Don Camillo 01] The Little World of Don Camillo (pdf)
- Christine Young [Highland 01] Highland Honor (pdf)
- Angela Verdenius [Heart & Soul 16] Soul of a Guardian (pdf)
- Chalker Jack L W Świecie Studni 5 Zmierzch przy Studni Dusz (pdf)
- Dahlia Rose, Brenda Steele, Regina Paul, Dorian Wallace Mating Season (anth.) (pdf)
- Cooper McKenzie [Menage Amour 161 Club Esotera 03] Minding Mistress (pdf)
- Dena Garson [Emerald Isle Fantasies 03] Ghostly Persuasion [EC Twilight] (pdf)
- 33 1 3 087 Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson Darran Anderson (pdf)
- Alan Burt Akers [Dray Prescot 07] Arena of Antares (pdf)
- Andrews_Amy_Lekarz_z_miasta
- zanotowane.pl
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- epicusfuror.xlx.pl
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plane back to the States.
Out of the question. You haven t even convinced me he s done anything wrong.
How do I know he and Ryan didn t negotiate a heavy scene, and now Ryan s simply
had a change of heart?
I agreed to it the first night, but I was drunk and so was he, Ryan said softly. But
what he did to me today& I kept asking him to stop, but he wouldn t. He fucked me a
couple of times while I was tied up. I couldn t see what he was doing, but I m pretty
sure he didn t wear a condom either time.
Poor kid couldn t even look at us while he was talking. As if he was the one to
blame.
That s grounds for kicking him off right there, I said.
Charles shook his head. I don t get involved in that sort of thing. I leave condom
use up to the individual clients and escorts.
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I m sure Ryan would ve chosen to use them, wouldn t you, Ryan?
Ryan nodded, looking right at Charles.
A very long moment ticked by.
At last, Charles said, Ryan, if you want to continue with the cruise, I ll consider the
matter closed. If not, I ll have you taken to the Nassau airport first thing tomorrow. You
will, of course, forfeit the last two days of your fee, and you will never work for my
agency again. Or any other agency in New York, if I have anything to say about it.
I couldn t fucking believe what I d just heard. And then, suddenly, I could. What
the hell does that bastard have on you
I want off, Ryan interjected at the same time. I don t give a fuck about the
money. I just want to go home.
Fine, Charles said to Ryan, even as he shot me a skin-flaying look. You can eat
and sleep in the crew s quarters tonight. I ll have your things brought to you there.
Now go.
I waited until Ryan had shut the door and I heard his footsteps fading in the
distance before I turned back to Charles. You going to answer my question?
What question was that?
Don t play coy with me, Charles. That asshole s obviously holding something over
your head.
Charles got up, went over to the minibar and poured himself a double Glenfiddich.
You know me, darling. I can t resist a pretty face. One evening about six months ago I
was out& Well, doing what I do, when this gorgeous young vision caught my eye. One
thing led to another, as it usually does, and he started working for me. A few weeks
later, a lawyer representing the boy s family shows up on my doorstep. It was Lionel.
That couldn t be the whole story. And?
And the boy was a rich, underage brat looking for a thrill. Sixteen years old.
Holy shit, I breathed.
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Exactly. And Lionel told me that if I didn t cater to his particular desires, he d see
to it that I spent the next twenty years of my life in jail.
Charles, I m sorry. Jesus.
But it s all worked out for the best, because now I have something on him. He
took a healthy sip of his scotch. There s a camera in Lionel s stateroom. Call it
insurance.
I stared at him. Even for Charles, this was pretty fucking cold. You mean, you
knew he d beat up Ryan, and you still
It was always my intention to stop it before it went too far, and I m truly sorry that
I didn t. But where Ryan s concerned, I ve done him a favor. He s not cut out for this
business. He doesn t have your temperament or your resilience.
Then what was all that bullshit about giving him a choice on leaving or staying?
It s not as if I didn t know which option he d pick. Better for him and me if he
leaves of his own accord. And don t worry I ll put Lionel off the boat once Ryan s
safely winging his way home tomorrow.
That s something, at least. I stepped toward the door. But I m paying him back
the money he s forfeited out of my fee, considering I m the reason he ended up working
for you in the first place.
No need. Charles smiled. I ll send it to him once he gets home.
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Chapter Nine
Friday, August 6th, 6:43 p.m.
Back home finally!
The boat docked in Miami around ten this morning. I caught the first plane back.
Oh, muggy, miserable Manhattan in August, how I ve missed you!
And that s not the only thing I ve missed. There are half a dozen messages from
Trev on my phone. Can t wait to answer them.
* * * * *
I took a quick shower then flopped naked on the bed and reached for my cell
phone.
Trev picked up on the second ring. Cameron? Where have you been? I ve been
trying to get in touch with you since Wednesday.
Sorry, but I had to go out of town for a few days. It was kind of& unexpected.
God. I wanted to bite my tongue off the moment I said it. So much for not telling any
more lies. But this was it. The absolute last time.
For work?
Yeah, um, something like that.
And they don t have cell phone service where you went?
I m sorry, I really am. I just got busy and forgot to check my messages. I sat up
with a sigh, tucking a pillow behind me. You still planning to be in town next week?
That s actually why I called. I was thinking of flying in tomorrow with Brian. I d
love for him to finally meet you.
Talk about being blindsided. I hadn t expected this at all. S-sounds great. But
what s he going to do all week while you re at work?
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Oh, he s just coming in for the weekend. I thought we could have dinner at the
hotel tomorrow night and Sunday maybe go out somewhere together? He s been dying
to see the natural history museum.
And here I d hoped to have a day or two to catch my breath before I had to venture
out into the real world again. But Jesus, what was I complaining about? Trev wanted
me to meet his son! All of a sudden my stomach started doing somersaults.
I d love to, I said. Shall I meet you around eight tomorrow night, in the lobby?
It s a date. When he used that soft, shy tone I loved so much, I could almost see
him smiling. God, Cam, I ve missed you. Can t wait until we can see each other every
day.
Me too. Only a little while longer, right?
I know. But it still feels like forever.
Well, tomorrow night s not forever. See you then, okay?
Okay. Goodnight, love.
The line clicked off.
I sat there staring at my phone for a minute or two. He d called me love . He d
never done that before. My heart thudded. My hands trembled. I tingled all over.
I d never spoken that word to him myself. I d been too afraid of putting it out there,
making it real. But now there was nothing stopping me. No reason to hold back.
So I d do it. I d tell him tomorrow night. And everything would be perfect.
* * * * *
I put on the same dark suit I d worn the night Trev and I met, with my favorite pale
blue shirt and silk tie. The cab dropped me at the Park Regent ten minutes early, just
long enough to duck into the gift shop to pick up a dozen red roses for Trev and
something for Brian too. Sadly, there wasn t much among this motley assortment of
stuffed animals and other nifty-gifty items that a fifteen-year-old boy would like. That s
what I got for leaving this until the last minute.
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I ended up getting a five-hundred-piece dinosaur jigsaw puzzle. Trev said Brian
liked natural history, so maybe he wouldn t think it was too lame.
The elevator dinged as I walked out of the gift shop and out stepped Trev and
Brian. They were both dressed casually, Trev in slacks and a green polo shirt, Brian in
jeans and a black t-shirt with some band I d never heard of on it. He looked exactly like
Trev, albeit half a head shorter and twenty-three years younger. Same blond hair and
green eyes. Same shy smile
That faded away the moment he saw me.
I pasted on a smile for Trev s benefit and handed him the roses I d bought him. My
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