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"Yeah" I cleared my throat "The hallway see"

"I would probably have asked if I could join in" Her eyes twinkled at ed to sue I’d been raised in a home where sex was just not talked about It’s not like I’d ever made a conscious choice to be a prude I just didn’t kno not to be one

Bella stood "Come on, then You can tell me the rest of your sob story upstairs"

"What?"

She beckoned "I have furniture And also glasses" She hefted the cha "On your feet" Then, without waiting to see what I’d do, she turned and walked up the stairs

Four

Bella

For a second I wasn’t sure if he was going to followup the stairs behind ood, because I really did not want to be alone tonight, brooding over all my uncertainties

The staircase wound up into the eaves of the old building, growing narrow at the top Up here there were just two roole, its door ajar Strains of classical , Lianne," I said in the direction of hbor’s door "I have a friend over in case you wanted to join us"

Silence

I sue about what it was Lianne ht join us for Generally I considered myself a nice person But Lianne’s distaste forway since hbor didn’t approve of the frequency hich men turned up in h her open door as I passed by with one of the hockey players who sometimes shared my bed Both our roootten an eyeful of a bare-assed guy in our shower Herline

Lianne thought I was a total slut

For her part, Lianne seemed to live like a uy, she didn’t seeht," I called into the crack of her open door

There was no response