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Damon

Decorum Rules

I hated the bullshit that ca the head of the royal family Ayla pointed Molly to a room across the hall from mine

We couldn’t stay in the saslept in the same bed as a woman

“I’ll have her ready by five,” Ayla assuredher out of my reach

I shoved my hands in my pockets It was absurd Molly should be with me in my suite At my side In my bed

“She doesn’t know about the surprise,” she whispered

“Thank you” I walked intothe door with an irritated thud I walked to the bar and poured a drink

There wasn’t anything that could quench h

I sat on the couch and grabbed the remote I rarely watched TV unless it was football, but I turned on the flat screen

“Fuck”

The headline flashed across the screen

Ahness

There was a succession of photos that blurred in rando her fall

This trip was supposed to be about support for irrigation funding, not about Molly I stormed to the hallway