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He had a solemn look on his face as he shook his head

I waited for“Well, what should I do until you get back?”

“There's a TV in the living room, you're welcome to order a pay-per-view movie if you'd like”

I laughed “I didn't travel all the way to Boston in order to watch TV”

He laughed “No, I knohat you traveled all the way to Boston to do” He left the rest unsaid, and I wondered if he knew all of it I wondered if he suspected what I really wanted from him Still, he walked over to his wallet and fished out a couple bills before putting it back in his pocket “There's a coffee shop on the corner of 17th and Lake, just a couple blocks fros, depending on the night I highly recommen

d it”

He held out his hand I saw that it was a couple of hundred dollar bills I was hardly a stranger to money My own father was upper-middle class hiive a couple hundred bucks for a night of fun, it was my billionaire stepbrother

I accepted thehi with business, but I didn't He seemed to accept that I was upset but even I knew that if he was doing this, it was probably so important

“Hey, chin up I'll be back before you knew it” He finished tying his tie and grabbed his suit coat, then was out the door before I knew it

I laid in his bed for a coupleon his TV Then I rolled over and I smelled hiht

I started to pull my clothes on There was no way that the sweater and jeans would really protectthat this coffee shop was close as he said it was Besides, I thought as I stole one last touch ofwarmed from the inside by the hot liquid that James had put inside of me

Chapter Thirteen

The coffee shop was, according to my phone's GPS, only four blocks away The walk seehts the whole way anyway It had a nice, easy-to-see sign out front, but my heart sank as soon as I saw the name of it

James' Joint

Of course, it could have been another Jaall to send et about hi, it would be difficult to in a place that bore his name