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“That’s right,” Kenneth says coe benefit An afterthought to the real goodies that the Governor helped hiet”

I’ the Governor Getting God knohat froleup as just a fucking afterthought

Holy fucking Christ

My world is in a state of complete numbness Shock

Just fucking kill er cake

This is too fucking et up from my chair

“Close the door on your way out, will you please?” Kenneth says to me as I stalk to the door I turn around to look at him His hands are onon his lips as he brings out his tongue to lick the to be a little…busy…in here”

I don’t have the fucking strength to argue

I do as Kenneth asks, close the door, and go toward the front door

I need fresh air

I need to find Jocelyn

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Jocelyn

I've never consideredat the dinner spread on our dining roo four courses for the evening—an asparagus, green onion, cucumber, and herb salad, a rilled lamb chops with a sweet chutney sauce, and to top it all off, I even prepared a rich and decadent chocolate lava cake You know, the kind of warm cake that oozes in the middle

I'll admit that I had some help from the housekeeper, Rosa, but I still feel like I pulled off ato re-directhappened to be a four-course h He's lietables fro it all "You outdid yourself," he says to me "This is impressive"