Jealous?
**ROMANY**
A message on my phone broke me out of my trance. My head shot up as I turned away from the balcony windows, my eyes narrowing on the phone in my lap. Ruby-
Hope you had a good night, little cousin. I can't really talk right now, but I wanted to check in with you and make sure everything is going well.
Me-
I slept fine. Breakfast was good until Stella and DeMarco came along and it turned into a freak show.
Ruby-
Stella? You can handle her. Trust me when I say she's exactly what she looks like. But DeMarco. What did he do? Did he touch you? Because he knows that I'll kill him. Me-
Nope. No, no. DeMarco can handle her and I mean that quite literally. He definitely did not touch me and if he ever does I hope that it is not with his left hand. Ruby-
What? What the hell does that mean?
Me-
way she does. She takes five to the snatch every morning like it's a motherfucken supplement. And she does it so well that I wanna make her a little sign that reads 'Administer one whole
Ruby-
No way.
Me-
ATE. What kind of backwater out in the bluegrass bullshit is that? It was the weirdest
Hahahhahaha
Me-
don't think I can even look at them again. I mean
Ruby-
I have to go, but if it happens
Me-
flipping the
Ruby- Always.
basic... at least I thought they were. Only answer to Alex, only listen to Alex, ignore everyone else in the room, except for - you guessed it - Alex. Never repeat what is heard in the meetings, never pray, never stroke the janitor on a Wednesday... I got all that, received it and accepted it. But... how was I to *serve* plates of food to people that I'm not *allowed* to *acknowledge*? I
end of the longest one. Betting that the massive balcony that can be seen from the front of the house was connected to the master suite, I headed in that direction. After only a few feet,
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