She wasn't scared for herself. It was a strange feeling, to be more scared for someone else than for yourself. To be ready to step in and give yoursel...f up for another without that being asked of you. It was what she was ready to do. Because she understood what M had meant. He wanted to win and the game that he was playing was between him and Nick. And the prize, well that was simple. She was the prize."What does it take for you to win M?"There was silence on the other end of the phone, for a. That’s a deal-breaker.”“Oh, shut up,” I said, catching the twitch of a smile on his lips. I ducked under his arm and made my way to the fridge, pulling it open to search for the salad dressing. Wes watched me from where he stood, crossing his arms over his chest and looking at me like I’d plucked him the moon.I tossed the salad, and Wes got us some bowls and forks. We ate together in the kitchen, standing there and talking about our day, about the call center and the hospital, and you’d be. He won’t say a thing.’ ‘How did you…?’ ‘You don’t want to know.’ Brant didn’t know what to think. Mrs. Foster couldn’t possibly have… done something sexual with Denny. Denny certainly acted strange this morning, but he wasn’t acting like he’d had sex. She must have bribed him some other way. I wonder if it had something to do with that camera he lost earlier? Lindsey looked past Brant over at Denny, who was eating his lunch next to Bitty. She didn’t have the heart to tell Denny about deleting. Then she turned and headed back to the stairs.Tonya could not get comfortable. She layed on her back in Bella’s bed, starting up at the ceiling, trying not to disturb Janie.The idea of sharing a room had been fun at first. Tonya had been staying in one of the group rooms with six other working girls. There weren’t very many people at Merry Mary’s who had rooms to themselves. Renting personal rooms from Chance wasn’t cheap. Bella had wanted to make sure she kept her room so she had paid in.