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She smiles and touches my cheek like a mother would

"We’re all sinners, h as I open the door

And then the smile slides offin front ofit From the woman in front of her

Who just happens to be Delores Warren

After Erin escorts Sister B to Kate’s office, I turn toward Delores She’s wearing a black bustier, tight leather pants, and red stiletto heels If this is what she wears to work, I can’t fucking i

Steven walks up to us, his eyes on the retreating forms down the hallway

"Was that Sister Beatrice?"

"Yep"

He nods appreciatively "Nice"

See? NILF Told you

He smiles evilly at Delores "Hey, Dee, did Matthew tell you about Sister B?"

"Kind of He introduced us at church last week"

Unlike ularly He likes to keep his bases covered, just in case

Steven s

"Did he tell you about CPS?"

Her brorinkles "What’s CPS?"

"Ask Matthew He’ll tell you He’s kind of an expert on it" He nudgesby later You want to join us for lunch?"

I scratch behind "

He’s a skywriter He’s supposed to fly over the building at four I just need to work out what he’s going to write But I don’t want Delores to know Can’t have her warning Kate ahead of tiht Later"

I look Delores in the eyes And flash her one ofmy touch

"We need to talk"

There are only a few reasons why Delores Warren would want to talk to me at this point in my life None of them are pleasant

I motion toward my office "Come on in"

This is how it must feel to invite a vampire into your house

I sit down behind my desk She stands

You ever watch Animal Planet? Woether for protection And if one senses danger? They all stampede

I need to play this carefully

"What can I do for you, Delores?"

"Self-castration would be great But I’ll settle for a flying leap off a bridge I hear the Brooklyn is nice this ti to be fun

"Besides that"

She braces her hands onready to strike "You can stop fucking with my best friend’s head"

Not a proble to fuck at the moment Think I should tell her that? Probably not

"I don’t knohat you’re talking about"

"I’ about last week, when you treated her like a used condom And now, all of a sudden, you’re all flowers and music and love notes"

Heard about those, did she? That’s a good sign

"So I’ you’re either a split personality--caused by the raging syphilis coursing through your bloodstreae In either case, , jerk-off Kate isn’t interested"

I’ht at REM, did I chase her? No, I ith the sure thing The easy out

Or in that particular case--the double play

"Let’s not bullshit each other here We both know Kate is very interested You wouldn’t be so eager to rip into me if she wasn’t As for the rest of your concerns, I don’t do head ga to scratch any itch I can think of This isn’t about getting laid"

I lean forward on htforward and persuasive, like she’s a client on the fence One I need to sway to uard and at first, I handled things badly That’s why I’ all this--to show her that I care about her"

"You care about your dick"

Can’t really argue with that

She sits down across from me "Kate and I are like sisters Closer even She’s not a one-night-stand kind of girl--she never was She’s a relationship kind It’s very iht A uys would sacrifice a li ti With either sex

"Last ti She needs a goodYou need a little bad to keep things fun And nice guys? Nice guys have so to hide