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And Ronin is flirting with the very edge of my boundary in that area

I spit out the toothpaste and rinse outin the drain of the massive claw-foot tub Maybe… yes! Bubbles under the vanity! I dump in a lot, far more than I need, but who cares It’s my tub and these are etting so excited about all this stuff, and getting used to itnice and then you lose it, but if you never have it in the first place, then you don’t have to worry about losing it Right?

That’s how I think And it works for me Keeps h alert

I peel off the clothes and slip into the hot water and enjoy how the bubbles feel as they float over ht be happy

Maybe

The last time I was happy I was fifteen

And that is very sad But tonight is not a night to be sad Tonight is a night to have a private celebration that I made it I’m OK My eyes are not black and my body is not bruised I’m OK I’m safe

And that assle is one thousand miles away

I smirk at this Asshole

I dunk my head under and shake my hair, then pop back up and relax

Yeah, that Ronin He’s one cute guy and all But he’s not forblue eyes I bet if we had babies our kids would totally have the most cornflower blue eyes ever And dark raven hair Oh God, we’d ents at birth

I a about his little blue-eyed babies It’s fun, in a sixth-grade fangirl kind of way But I’d rather think about this TRAGIC contract to be honest And the ht coht pay or what it involves, but I’m definitely in Antoine and Elise seem nice At the very least, they seem on the up and up So I think I will trust them And anyway, Elise said I could shampoo hair for a job, so even if the TRAGIC contract doesn’t pan out, I still have an aparth The fear of losing good things creeps back in I like this new life I could get used to this very fast and I’ve never had anything that was even close to being this beautiful as far as apartave me the secret She said keep your mouth shut and do what you’re told So, if that’s all it takes to make Antoine happy with me, I can do that I’ll definitely do that