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Tanya shivered She knew he suspected her story was false, but had no real idea of how little he believed She nodded "But," she said, "there are sos I can't tell you Really, Kevin, I can't"

Kevin frowned, perplexed "All right, let's go over sos, like your childhood, the overdose story, and the caies"

"True, false, and almost false, in that order"

"Why did you lie to rey eyes were almost black

"I knew a bit about you, Kevin Don't ask inning But I kneho you were and what you were doing, and especially…I knew about your women I wanted to interest you" Tanya could feel her blush as it spread from the pit of her belly, up and over her face It burned "I knoas stupid, silly I irls you dated" She stopped, shtly "It worked, didn't it?"

Kevin brushed the reroaned, rolled over on her back and stared at the ceiling "I was still a virgin at nineteen That embarrassed me That's why I went to those damn parties, I wanted to ht He was my first…and my only…lover He was o"

"What was he like?"

"Nice to me, spontaneous…no complications, no commitments"

"What happened?"

"He won a sports scholarship in Colorado anddistance relationships usually don't do too well" She sat up and began to wind her hair into ringlets over her fingers She still didn't look at Kevin

"Are you in trouble with the law?"

"No"

"And did you know I knew you watched me from your terrace while I swam in the nude each day?"

Tanya ju face

"Little one, I didn't need any special gadget to see the light reflected off your binoculars eachto lowered

"We're not even, Tanya, not by a long shot Just ain lie to me, no matter what If you can't tell ain make up a story to mislead me" He placed his hands on each side of her face "Pro deep into her eyes