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"What happened to ‘This is Boston, Jane’?" I asked h clenched teeth

"It is Boston, Jane," Ryu began as he embarked upon a coes, two milk trucks, an old VW van with every inch covered in SUPPORT OUR TROOPS stickers, and a few choice expletives

My heart was in my throat My stomach had retreated tolunatic," Ryu finally finished, just as he sla the car that had totally just cut us off while going about ninety miles per hour

It was a black-and-white Boston Police squad car, lights off, justthe rounds

I’d never been a very spiritual person, but at that moment, I learned to pray

CHAPTER THREE

It wasn’t until Ryu told me ere home that I opened my eyes I’d shut them e’d reached Storrow Drive and Ryu had bypassed Ridiculous and gone directly to Ludicrous Speed

"Jane, darling, you all right?" The little shit leered at ot ’em," I mumbled as Ryu helped me out of the car

"Huh?"

I shook my head "Spaceballs Never mind"

"Ah Anyelco at an adorable brick townhouse with a navy blue front door and navy blue shutters It looked like a rand townhouses we’d seen on Beacon Hill

"Ryu," I breathed "It’s lovely" And it was The whole street was lovely Sside other townhouses, all of which had doors and shutters painted different colors Many hadboxes that I’ was se offered a little oasis of order tucked into the lorious chaos of Chinatown

"I like it here," he acceded, looking pleased And predatory, I thought as he took et your suitcase later, unless you need it now" I shook otten past that stately front door, and I was as eager to get inside as Ryu

As we crossed the threshold it suddenly struck me that I was finally in Ryu’s Boston I couldn’t believe that after having known my lover for months now on such an intiht flooded into the townhouse: The wall opposite the door wass, interrupted only by glass French doors that led out into a courtyard shared by the neighboring townhouses The walls of Ryu’s hoh I could see various accent walls in darker shades of dun or taupe I could also see lots of leather and chroy A flat-screen television took up almost an entire wall across from the Bauhaus-inspired sofa and chairs that do area to our left In front of us was the dining area Its glass-and-chroht was a gorgeous open-plan kitchen: all dark granite, shiny black-lacquer cabinets, and glearanite helped to divide the living space froht made Ryu’s ho was perfect--tasteful, polished, and coordinated--with an overall effect that screamed money and masculine

Ryu wrapped hi ainst him, before he finally spoke

"Do you like, Miss True?"