..' Anna looked Jason in the eyes as they parted, her lips wet andwarm. "Mmmm...." she sighed.* * *The party had broken into small groups discussing v...arious topics, fromlocal politics and business to the ACS Gala details. People with chairspushed away from the table gestured to each other with glasses ofChampaign."Eddy, why don't you show Jordan around the garden?" Rebecca Guertinsuggested. "The roses are quite beautiful this time of year." What an excellent suggestion. Nicole?" Johanson held. To my utter surprise, she blew me a kiss and waved. Then with a glance at her would be captors, she reached behind her right ear and promptly vanished into thin air to leave the guards standing in a circle much bemused and muttering amongst themselves.Such was the crush, I stepped back into a small alcove and looked down into the basket to see Toto staring at me. What the heck had just happened? Where did she go? Then, just as I thought the situation couldn't get any more batshit insane, the. He laid one, two, three, and four on the counter. “THERE! Now don’t gimme any shit even though I KNOW that projection is bullshit! Even so you’re fifty dollars over! Now shut the bitch down.” Frank smiled and hesitantly took the bills off of the counter and placed them in his back pocket. “I mean I would… it’s just the damn…” he couldn’t finish a sentence. “Don’t worry ‘bout it Frank. And you’re welcome to watch on the 7th if ya want.” Daddy said before knocking on the counter and. “I hope you don’t mind, Trev, but I’m used to sleeping with my fella and you are a nice substitute; he’s a bit fleshier than you, though. What’s the time—is it time to get up?”“You’ve got a bit longer, but as I’m awake I might as well have my shower.”“Hmm, I’m tempted, but if you’re getting up I might as well, too. I’d share, but your shower isn’t really big enough to double up. Why don’t you shave while I’m in there?”We both got up and padded along the corridor and into the bathroom, oblivious.