Forcing myself to sit up, I took the coconut from Jasper and drank it in one gulp. I was surprised to find myself feeling really thirsty. Jasper kept ...on thrusting coconuts into my hand until I had enough. ‘Wow, did I drink all that up?’ I asked, amazed to find ten empty coconuts lying on the sand. ‘What do you think?’ Jasper muttered as he gathered them up and began to dig into the shell for the inside. I watched weakly as he filled up three of them before collecting the rest and went to the. ” She laughed but wasn’t upset at all. It wasn’t like he was the only young stud she had access to. There were a select few players Suzanne had taken a shine to.We ordered dessert and a Sauterne to go with it and changed subjects. We discussed work, hers, and mine; she mentioned she was thinking about a new lease car, and then she mentioned Vail. We had been talking about a four-day trip in February. We both loved to ski. One of her old flames was in Denver and they had been talking. She was. She opened the e-mail browser. She remembered she hadn't checked the e-mail for about four days, and there were a lot of messages waiting.There was a lot of spam, as usual, most of which had been diverted tothe spam folder. There were a few e-mails from software designers, andsome from friends. She wondered if she would ever see them again, nowthat she seemed to be having to start a whole new life. There were somework related e-mails.Suddenly she saw an e-mail with the subject Miranda Vero.. Will you excuse us? I’ll be home around seven tonight.”Larry told me he would be leaving soon, and I let out a sigh of relief. As I walked past him, he went to kiss me. It felt like he was trying to show Josh that I belonged to him like I was his property. I didn’t like it and turned my head slightly so that his kiss landed on my cheek.“I’ll see you when I get home,” I said rather coldly, then walked out. Josh and I went upstairs, and I didn’t speak until we were on the stairs. “Fuck, I’m so.