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Elise whisks Rook off to the salon to wash her makeup off and take her hair down I take the stairs to ht forup the tux and try not to let the disappointment wash over me as I trade my expensive clothes for an old pair of jeans and a white t-shirt Rook will be wearing the exact sa, except she’ll have a nice black bra on so that when she’s soaking wet it will show through the fabric for everyone to see

And that just pissesher froive Antoine what he wants

I take a few deep breaths to daer and then pull on a pair of boots and head back downstairs Antoine is waiting forforthe stairs He sends the technician off and turns as I try to push past hiht, Antoine?"

"Itshower We could just do it inside, in the war shower room"

"I want city lights," he says, like this explains everything

"So fking what?"

"Her contract is with me and I decide e shoot If you’re too attached to her, then I can get soht, ya know that?"

"The quicker we get started, the quicker we can be done Go"

He pushes me and I pull back out of his reach just as Rook co room Just as I predicted, white t-shirt, faded jeans, and a nice black bra that everyone can see I smile at her because she looks worried

"Hey," I say, accepting an u by the terrace door I open it and alk outside together The rain is pelting doith such force against the u

"What?"

"This sucks," she screa her arets worse, Gidget So better to just put on the gaets his piece-of-shit pictures, the sooner we can go to bed"

She looks up at er wash offthere It’s hard to predict how this will turn out Maybe good, maybe not

We have a special platforht shots on It’s raised up about six feet off the terrace floor and basically it’s just a slab of concrete that has a railing, so it looks like you’re on a terrace, but it gives Antoine lots of different ways to approach the photo Tonight we have a tarp set up to protect everyone except Rook and hts are on We have a round We slip under the tarp and I hand the umbrella off to soue It’s after two in the , so I can’t blaet this done as quick as possible We go out in the rain, they adjust the lights, weeach other, I get you down to the bra and panties, end of shoot Got it?" She starts shivering the , and by the ti