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For a while he sipped coffee, stared out the , and thought about Mr Snow’s rant When he’d talked about jealousy and rage, when he’d asked if there was anyone Jon hated, his rief What the fuck did he know about shit like that? He could see where the loss of a beloved anienerate e up, his htMona’s arrival in his life hen he thought that maybe he could have a pet, a hope that was quickly dashed, along with just about every other hope he had Mona was allergic to cats and she thought dogs were too much work Mona ruled The rest of thes to say about her and none of them were nice

He abandoned his typewriter, took a pad of yellow legal paper, and made himself comfortable on his unmade bed, pillows propped up behind him The sheets smelled of two-day-old sex, a scent not as evocative as he’d found it on previous occasions He thought about Mona, tapping his pen against his lower lip He couldn’t think where to start As much as he hated her, he knew he couldn’t write about her without jeopardizing his relationship with his dad, andhis butt kicked out of the house He wouldn’t show anyone his work, but it would be entirely like her to wait until he was gone and coh his things

He heard a pounding on the downstairs door Annoyed at the interruption, he set aside pen and paper If it was Walker, he’d send him on his way He opened the door just as Destiny reached the top of the stairs She was exuberant, all hugs and s Creed and Sky tending dye kettles in the yard She’d told theoff her clothes when she picked up Jon’s ?"

"This isaround a couple of ideas and I need the time to myself"

"I’one I thought you’d be excited to seeelse" Having stripped, she pressed up against hi the front of his pants He was already hard, a conditioned response She slid his shorts down over his hips She kissed him, lips soft and open, and then sank down to her knees and took hirabbed her by the ar her with the sa, she put her bare feet on the tops of his and he walked her to the bed

The sex was good It was always good, but this tiet her out of the way She was a distraction Her intensity was like a s pressed over his face He could hardly breathe Sheto hi She wanted his full attention and she was doing what she could to arouse hih I’m bushed"

"Don’t be such a shit You never turned me down before"

"I didn’t turn you down What do you want from me? We just made love"

She settled on her side, her head propped on one hand "You knohat? We belong together We’re a good fit"

"How do you figure that?"

"It’s the feeling I had the first tiether in another life"

"Yeah, right"

"No, I’m serious It’s like I remember you"

"What about Creed? How many reincarnations have you shared with hilum I’m sick to death of him and his parents and this whole stupid town I’ the hell out"

"I thought the bus belonged to hi about the bus? That’s what thumbs are for I hitchhiked all over the country before I hooked up with hiuy who slon and offers you a ride You go where the wind blows you"

"Go and god bless, but leave me out of it"

"Where’s your sense of adventure? Don’t you want to live on the wing?"

"Not particularly What about your kid? He ed all over just to satisfy your whims"

"I’ll leave him with Creed Sky’s crazy about Deborah He’d be happy as a clam"