“warmth radiates from the spot where his lips just touch my neck, slowly spreading through the rest of me. it feels so good, so impossibly good, that i know i will not be the first to let go.”
“and why should i? i just said good-bye to gale. i’ll never see him again, that’s for certain. nothing i do now can hurt him. he won’t see it or HE’LL THINK I AM ACTING FOR THE CAMERAS. that, at least, is one weight off my shoulders.”

















