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y to oblige”

“When I heard Lucy inherited her granddad’s place, I made up my mind then I won’t tiptoe around her this ti plays out She already knoho and e are She’s old enough to knohat she wants now She acts like she’s repulsed by the idea of Domination and submission, but that’s all it is…an act”

“We hurt Lucy’s ego and broke her heart”

“Yes,” Rex agreed “Now it’s ti tis slow I’veher I’d marry her tomorrow if she’d have me”

“Well then by all o back over there, tie her up, and haul her off to the bedrooht, maybe she’ll race us to the altar”

“I think that’s a swell idea”

“Perfect Just perfect,” Luke muttered “You really are a nut job when it comes to Lucy”

“You’re the one who once said Lucy’s probleed another woman Her issues with that incident revolved around the fact that ith Marilyn in the very way she’d always envisioned us taking her”

“Lucy is carrying around half a decade of anger, and that fury wasn’t fueled because we had sex with another wo to e In her ed to us We betrayed her She wanted a commitment”

“Maybe she would’ve gotten one if she hadn’t taken off out of here like a bat out of hell,” Rex pointed out

“She was a devastated young wo the kitchen “She’s also a wo”

“Ya think?” Luke asked

Mrs Carpenter rolled her eyes “The two of you better act like gentlemen or so help me I’ll tan both your hides when she leaves”

“Pro for older women”

“Don’t you go and get a flappy randma, and I sure ain’t takin’ kindly to your form of jokin’ It’s disrespectful”