You’re going to let me try this, right?”“Are you crazy? I’ve been waiting a week and a half for this. Really, I’ve waited more like twenty y...ears for it. I’m not loaning it out.”“I didn’t mean that I’d take it with me. Let me have a turn tonight, here. Please, Jane. You would’t believe how long it’s been since I had sex. I’m begging you, Jane, Please let me have a turn.”“All right, you can have a turn. But not tonight. You’ve got to go so I can use it. I’m having trouble thinking of anything. "Don't tell her I told you" whispered Valerie. "She'd be embarrassed."There was temporary chaos as they checked in and gave the concierge the information about the luggage so that someone could go and claim it for them. Then they filled one elevator and went up to the suite. Valerie had held nothing back, because she didn't know how long they'd need it, because she didn't know how long the negotiations would take. She had been sure there would be negotiations.So, she had taken a suite with. Sometimes it got hard and I wanted to give in, wanted to drown.But I had Bean.She was the light at the end of the tunnel, my reason for living. I thought of her, this little girl, so innocent, so helpless, so... mine. Never, not ever, would she feel alone. I’d always be there for her, and hell, I was a strong woman; if I could fill the role of a mother, I could damn well fill the role of a father too. What was there to it? Teach your kid how to throw a ball? Talk about how shitty boys were?. Grantham was set in the countryside on one hundred acres of land that had been donated by the wealthy Grantham family. They had long contributed to the school, which easily explained the name of the academy.Juris had a small bungalow as his housing. Part of his pay was that the academy provided him with a place to stay. Juris sat looking out the front window at the manicured landscape and shook his head.Here was an abundance of wealth. The academy was not cheap. For students who lived close by.