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Three new e proposals One request for a picture of his bare feet That was a new one He deleted everything, including a stack of e- him to come in on their ideas and bankroll them He deleted three e-mails from Brandon

Done, he tossed his phone aside Then he stared at his here the building’s holiday lights were blinking,his eyes rattle in his head He texted Elle

Spence:

Your lights are giving me a seizure

The Ruler of Your Universe:

Do what the rest of us do in the ht--shut your dahts

The Ruler of Your Universe:

I’ one of your best friends

Spence:

Overshare! Shut off the fucking lights, Elle

The Ruler of Your Universe:

Okay, Grinch, sheesh

Spence tossed his phone aside Grinch He wasn’t the Grinch And just because he chose not to use it didn’t mean that his heart o sizes too small He handled the holiday season just fine He looked around his place Not one holiday decoration, not so le strand of tinsel

Okay, so et to him His mom was already back east and would be there for weeks His only other blood relative preferred a damn alley to a perfectly nice, warrateful for them butWell, he still didn’t feel into the spirit Especially knowing that by Christone

Shaking his head, he rolled over and closed his eyes He was deep into the best drea her cry out for

"Spence"

Yeah, that’s right, he thought, sayin his sleep," ca in his sleep?"

"Maybe he’s h," Caleb said "Don’t wake hi all our prob le about a woman," Joe said "Not work"

Caleb snorted "With this problem unsolved? Not likely"

"He’s only hu--he’s not human," Caleb said "He’s a machine and he’s on the job That’s all that ht, Spence? Wake the fuck up and tell hi up"

"Why are you inhis eyes

"Uh, because we have aticked off

"Had," Joe said "Youinto his bedroom "What time is it?"

"Time for you to tell us if you were bit by a va Spence’s neck "I vote vampire, because when you’re this deep into a project, you can’t reet laid"

Spence didn’t bother to cover the hickey on his neck, the one Colbie had given him yesterday after he’d taken her for the diave them each a shove off his bed and slid out from beneath the covers to head into his bathroouy, would you? Put so clothes on"

A pair of pants hit Spence in the back of his head