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"Your place or mine?" he asked as he started the car

"Well, Lily is at yours She wasn&039;t too happy the last timeher Rely I re fire out of htmare?" He drove down Ian&039;s driveway then stopped to wait for the iron gates to open A pair of guards eyed us but waved us through

"Nighters, that&039;s all Like so superhero FireMan PyroBlaster Has a certain ring to it, don&039;t you think?" I reached over and squeezed his hand

He laughed and shook his head "Keep it up, Gloriana, and I just"If it wasn&039;t so close to dawn, I&039;d beg you to" I sighed and leaned ood to see you driving again, Jerry You sure you&039;re up to it? Not that long ago you were laid out in a tub, incoherent"

"Nice picture" He hit the accelerator and drove onto the highway "I&039;ht She needs soh love That temper tantrum at the airport wasn&039;t necessary I do reood for her If Lily will listen to you, it&039;s a good idea for you to talk to her If you&039;re willing" He glanced at me

"I can try" I settled back in the leather seat, the cool wind blowing ht, since Jerry was feeling so chipper, I was going to make him very happy when I took him to bed

"Only have a half hour until dawn" I looked up at the dark cloudless sky My plans for a big night were slipping aith the ticktock of the clock

"Let&039;s ht and pulled me to him for a kiss His hthe saet closer to"God, but I didn&039;t think I&039;d survive tonight NowI need you, Gloriana"

"I need you too I&039;lad you&039;re back, really back, Jerry" I ran lanced around We were the only car on the road, even as we neared don I slid down his zipper and easedfree with a nudge and I bent down to run ue across the bead of moisture that had collected on the tip

"God, Gloriana" He stepped on the gas "What are you doing?"

"Testing your recovery Can you multitask, Jeremiah? Drive and play at the same tiht hand over to plunge it intoneckline Then I went back to work, taking his cock into ue around it He pinchedwhen I squeezed his sac

"Te all this action"

"H some poor bored sap a thrill, aren&039;t we?" I went back to pleasing him until he slowed to make the turn into htbulbs and it was alht as day I pushed oing to have to check on ht" He leaped out of the car and jerked openwhile I fuer down"

I laughed and held up the key He grabbed it and made quick work of the lock while I punched in the security code We ran up the stairs and I gasped when Jerry pushed againsthands

As soon as ere inside he ripped off my panties, pushed upme from behind before I could doNo as I going to answer it now Jerry pushed my dress and bra forward to bare me to the waist as he pounded into me, his hands clamped onto my breasts, two joysticks on his ride toward release

I just held on, he love I knew I could turn the tables anyti irl I just heard you&039;re back in town Call me, babe Tell me what happened with the hardheaded Scot If he didn&039;t take you back, you knohere to find me Love ya" Ray Israel Caine His voice was unnize it, he ended thewith an erotic ht? Let"Caine What the hell was that about?" He pulled away, his hands sliding off my breasts

"To to give Jerry time to think, and pushed him down to the floor before I climbed on top of him He still wore all of his clothes, only his zipper was open I wrestled off his shirt then bit one of his nipples before I sucked it into rowled, definitely distracted

"Yes, ill talk about it" He grabbed ht now I need to feed again, Gloriana, before this ends too quickly Are you up to it?" He bared his fangs

"Of course" I leaned down, erly All my senses were alive as I touched his face, felt the press of his belt buckle into ainst his chest It onderful to knoas actually seeingwe&039;d been through together and yet still wanting me "You need ht my throat down to his lips "I love you, Gloriana I hope to God you haven&039;t s intoininlove to et into it Instead we celebrated Jerry&039;s return tothat left er into the shower There he washed ed shampoo into my hair and then pleasured me one more time

Of course I realized Ray was the elephant in the roo Open the conversation But how much should I tell Jerry? I couldn&039;t just duh sohe had to deal with Ray and I had slept together right before I&039;d headed for Scotland At a low point for both of us we&039;d offered each other comfort It had been easy foroff for his hoive into my fantasies about Ray

But I&039;d discovered thatthat had no real future Ray was kind, generous and exciting But he was si &039;e &039;em didn&039;t recommend him as a keeper anyway Unfortunately Ray still had hopes that he and I could work things out between us I needed to see hi as he wanted me to be It was that si and all the business problems that had been put off when he&039;d been out of coan to catch up with hiain by an to scroll through what looked like a thousand unanswered e-mails I hoped my business was in better shape as I blewone of the dresses iven ot an appreciative audience in the shop If I ever decided to sell it, I could get big bucks

"Glory, we heard you were back" Lacy Devereau, the were-cat asaround after her shift was over so she could one

"Who is telling everyone that?" I led Lacy to the back roo to see the books, to see how my finances stood I had payroll, rent,an overloaded feeling when I thought of how hter, Lily, has been by on a regular basis She kept us updated since you haven&039;t exactly touched base" Lacy smiled "Not that we expected you to Anyway, Lily left a few of her vintage pieces here She wasn&039;t too happy with our consignet the money up front, like at a pawnshop" Lacy sat on the worktable while I pulled out a stack of receipts "Seems she was short of cash Her daddy didn&039;t send her a check this month What&039;s that about?"

"Jerry had amnesia for a while Guess Lily didn&039;t share that tidbit He&039;s upstairs right now trying to catch up on his business Nice to know Lily was sood?" I started piles of shop bills versus incooes for the Goth look so we&039;ve sold quite of bit of her stuff already Corsets, vintage leather You&039;ll love it If you see her, tell her to clean out her closet again" Lacy put her hand on an said Jerry was in here last night and looked confused Is he okay now?"

"Yes, thank God His hed, still not sure I believed it

"Good" Lacy pushed a ledger closer "Hate to bug you, boss, but here are the time cards All of the clerks really need to be paid as soon as you canexpenses"

"Sure I&039; or I would have put you on the checking account If there&039;s a next time, you can stick to the schedule and take care of payroll yourself" I pulled out a calculator I&039;d start with Lacy&039;s hours

"Good idea You can trust e of you" She smiled and pointed "These extra hours are because Becky quit Graduated and took a job in Oklahoma Can you believe it?"

"Good for her But what&039;s she going to do with a fashion degree in Oklahocheck I needed to run some numbers, checkto work for a big retailer up there She was all excited about it" Lacy chattered on about the other clerks, a new one she wanted to hire, her fa up with I wrote her check then started in on the rest of the payroll checks It had to be done Fortunately there was a large deposit to be made too I should have left better instructions Lacy could have made these deposits sooner

"Great" I had no idea what she&039;d said I hoped she hadn&039;t just called her boyfriend a loser "Here are all the checks for the clerks I&039;ht deposit The bank lobby is open late on Thursday nights I&039;ll get things set up for you then and from now on you can deposit our cash daily" I handed her the envelopes for the staff then zipped the bank bag closed "We should have done this years ago"

"Well, yeah I didn&039;t want to say anything but you are a bit of a er, Glo" Lacy smiled and hopped down froht" I picked up the bag "I had a serious wake-up call in Scotland My priorities have shifted now Jerry didn&039;t know me and I had to start over with him It made me realize that I wanted to put my relationship with him first This business supports ed me "Wow That&039;s major" She pulled open the door into the shop "We handled things here for you That&039;s e didn&039;t call while you were over there"

"And I appreciated it My lanced around the store and realized that, except for that frontdisplay, everything looked fine - stock straight and new things out for custoreat, Lacy As soon as I balance my checkbook, I&039;ll see if I can squeeze out a bonus for you and the rest of the staff"

Lacy flushed "Thanks, Glo" She huggedto the bank now, be careful There have been some ATM robberies lately"

"I&039;ainst soainstthis ht now"

"Okay then And thanks It&039;s good to know you appreciate us" She waved the envelopes and the night clerk, Megan, ca over

I stopped to talk to her for a few minutes then headed for the bank down the street It was still fairly early for Sixth Street, not yet ten o&039;clock I passed Rafe&039;s nightclub which had a line down the sidewalk It was a Friday night and he had a popular band playing according to the poster beside the door The shifter letting in the croOf course I knew him I knew most of the people orked for Rafe I should stop and talk to Rafe too I wasn&039;t happy with the way he&039;d confronted Jerry Maybe after I dropped off this deposit

I passed the crowd and got closer to the financial district where the bank was located The night deposit draas near the ATM and both ell lit I held the bag tightly as I approached the building My spidey senses told oing to take this deposit, he was in for a surprise He&039;d end up with fangs in his throat I wouldn&039;t h I wouldn&039;t kill him of course, just take a donation

A police car drove slowly down the street Good I walked faster, eager to get rid of the bag and back to the nightclub Rafe stocked blood with alcohol and I would enjoy a drink like that Maybe I&039;d call Jerry and see if he was ready for a break That band played good danceup a guest list when so across the pavement and I hit the concrete

"What the hell?" I was up in a flash and saw a person in black running down an alley,for the goal line "Oh, no, you don&039;t"

I sprinted down the alley, sure I could catch up to a hu at human speed I sniffed the air and realized I was after so paranormal Shit I shifted and took off overhead I could see the dark figure cutting through a parking lot, zigzagging around rows of cars like he was trying to make a trail impossible to follow Good luck with that I swooped down and landed in front of hiood skill set

I reached out and jerked off the skidark hair tumbled out Oh, no I knew this robber

"Lily!" I thawed her out

"You are kiddingin , don&039;t you, Glory?"

"Excuseout over the top "What the hell do you think you&039;re doing?"

"I needed money" She picked up her ski ured out a way to get it" She smiled "Mortals are so easy"

"I can&039;t believe you Where&039;s your conscience? Are you the one holding up all the ATMs around town?" I grabbed her arm and shook her, soher until she hit o! This is all your fault anyway First you piss Dad off so he leaves for Scotland Then Mother explained why Dad lost his h and dry I had no cash Hoas I supposed to live? Answer me that" She wrenched away from me I noticed she didn&039;t answer me about the ATM robberies Which was an answer in itself

"You had Jerry&039;s house to live in, his car to drive I&039;m sure Jerry left you well stocked with synthetic" Sheshe shared her father&039;s love of a fresh donor "And there&039;s always aso dramatic"

"Oh, ould you understand? It wouldn&039;t bother you that I even had to sellthat was for irl Probably wearing so wrong with recycling vintage clothing" I bit back an explanation that irl Nice to know that what I&039;d thought was a blosso but condescension on her part She&039;d sounded like her bitch of a mother just then God knows Mara and I had never been friends, never would be "Why didn&039;t you ask your mother for money?" I crossedher new fiance Doesn&039;t want hihter to support" Lily shoved her hands in her pockets Skinny jeans, probably a size zero She had her reat body I wondered why she didn&039;t have a boyfriend paying the freight at the ht be a sore subject

"It was sreat things You&039;ll have plenty of ht I&039;ll make sure she has a check ready for you"

"Yeah, sure Now you pay me But it&039;s a little too late" Tears filled her dark eyes, so much like Jerry&039;s "Shit, Glory I couldn&039;t even buy my own drink at N-V"

Rafe&039;s club Of course Lily, slieous, probably never had to buy her own drinks anyway Not the time to mention that She ell into her pitiful act