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“What the fuck?” Adalares at her “Even if you saw hi it up” He shifts in his chair and gives me a sympathetic side eye

“What?” Murphy raises her eyebrows, genuinely clueless That’s her I won’t hold it against her “I thought she would want to know You want to know, right Willow? I thought he was living in LA, but he said he’s back So shut the fuck up, Ada like that I think she needs to know”

“It’s fine I’m fine”

Yeah, okay, nice atte? Why can’t I stop sing the spit that is gathering in my mouth?

“He was living in LA He switched from the west coast office of the law firm to Manhattan Lots of rich people in trouble on both coasts He’s in de the criminal justice system” Whitney leans in Her eyes soft onon with Daddy as well from what he said Honestly, that family is the one percent of the one percent of the one percent, and they still can’t stop there Derrick is back in his father’s good graces But you knoith the Orsure someone else loses”

Adalass half a turn back and forth on the sleek onyx-granite tabletop

“I still can’t believe yourhis eyes and leaning over at the waist

I shaketo discuss it Instead I lift my eyes and try to distract y that pulses in the room Around us, there are mainly clothed hulimpses of flesh and the noises are distant but distinct Pleasurable moans twisted with yelps and cries of pain It round noise The distraction doesn’t helpin and over on itself

“Don’t you think it’s tiirlfriend I don’t care You haven’t even dated anyone have you?” Murphy chiive her side eyes “I mean besides when Derrick stalked you your sophomore year if that counts”

“I didn’t date hiht he was, but he was not”

“Sorry” Murphy shakes her head “Wrong word But you haven’t had a boyfriend I’ about that”

Truth is, I’ve never had a boyfriend Boys have never appealed to me

I try to push away the ie of the man that still haunts me The man that makes all other potential suitors superfluous

The man I can’t have

Shouldn’t want