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Getting Sarah safely to the door of her building, I turned to leave and do soerous and incredibly stupid

“Please come up”

It wasn’t a question It was a request She was practically beggingof a surprise I wanted to say no, but I was already hurting her feelings, which hurt even more than the fire in my heart

“Okay”

She didn’t let go TakingSarah held on until ere inside I wasn’t sure if it was a sign of affection, or she was trying to keepaway Maybe a little bit of both

I knew I had to tell her It was no good trying to build a relationship while holding onto secrets like that I knew Sarah’s secret It was time for her to know mine

“I’llaway

She clearly wasn’t planning on going to sleep anytime soon, which made me wonder what she had inI needed to say to her I was already on the couched when she arrived with two ourmet stuff I usually drank, but it didn’t matter It was made with love and exactly what I needed at that moment

Taking off her shoes, Sarah tucked her feet up under herself and turned to face et distracted by her beauty I had to get through it, and if I was going to, I had to be able to focus

“When I was in college, e, actually, I needed money Or, we did really My dad walked out on us, as you know Mom did the best she could, but there was only soto be expensive I always did what I could to help her with the finances and raising Camilla I was really ure than our dad had ever been,”

“She toldmy hand

“Mo illustration work, azines and working part-ti by I-I found an opportunity for escorts I didn’t want to, not really, but we really needed the money I could make more in a day than I could in a week at the store So, I did it For a few hteen, I was a boy toy for rich women Marla Anderson was one of my clients”