I order a big drink and slink up to her, all false bravado.“Valerie. Hey.”Her dark eyes flick over to mine, but her expression hardly changes. She... doesn’t verbally greet me; instead, she nods. Fury temporarily flares in my chest but I temper it with a forced smile.“I heard you just got in. How’s school?”She sips her drink before she answers. Her drink is something pink and alcoholic and girly. “Good. How’s work?”So this is how it is going to be between us. This detached bullshit is wearing. ” “Melanie, are you backing out of the bet?” Adriana asked, coming over to her. She had Scott by the hand, and he was looking daggers at her. “You lost, Melanie.” he said. “You told us that we could rape the shit out of the twins when they lost. Well, they didn’t lose; you did. Mike, go ahead and fuck the shit out of her if she won’t give it up willingly. You won both holes from her, and I mean to see that you get them.” “No!” Melanie said desperately. “Bruce, you have to help me!” “I’ll. He had a good firm grip.“Yes, I saw you at the wedding reception,” he acknowledged with a smile.“Bartley will be staying here while he is tilling the fields,” Margie reminded us.“Yes, we’ve had a room set up for the past two weeks for whoever came to work on the fields,” Grace told her.“Shall we go out and look at the fields?” Bartley asked following that. “You can look at the tractor also, as I don’t imagine that you have seen one like it before,” he added with a grin.I led the way out the. .. how did you get all wet?"Tori breathed a deep sigh, before laying back on the bed and closing her eyes. "It's a really long story." I got nothing but time, Vega," Well, everything is all tied together, so I might as well just spit it out." Wait... before you do, do you want anything? Drink or something?" No, thank... Actually, you know... I could really use something to drink."Jade grinned and ran to the fridge, grabbed two glasses and a bottle of Grey Goose, and returned. "Tonight, Vega, I.