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car would reach my destination mo

of-the-range black Lexus, saw me seated, then slid in behi

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card with his mob

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, then sped quickly down a side alley to the

, donned my chef's uniform, tied an apron, wound the leng

s in the kitchen, with delays and short tempers as t

ing reservations, welcoming patro

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ally dedicated to the success

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, as Ruby lifted chairs onto tab

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h increased speed in an attemp

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an enviable lifestyle, an

broke and make it a thousand...

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ent of introduction, almost frightened and aw

ad lingered long and a

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it, we

t, and I switched off the vacuum cleaner, stowed it in

o make a

e here, a phone booth, or the phone

and wait, Ruby directed

no female staff are left

crossed to the phone, all too aware the nerves

my breath as I keyed in a wro

, Alexander, in a voice that sounded deep

entified my

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gripped the phon

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how I expected

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he'd cut the connection, and my fingers tigh

d have acknowled

t voice chastised.

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of husband accelerated my pulse and

er it! He's just a man, like a

ion of his erotic kiss... Worse, the oral foreplay he'd met

he be like

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to go down that path, I'd n

nk too deeply..

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in tandem before walking brisk

nd collected my bag, then I sig

I should have made to the loan shark, begging for a further twenty-four ex

region of my stomach as I checked t

extension ran

lain, and give Eric's name as verif

ards their station, and as they disembarked I had t

alubrious streets where numerous bedsits and boarding houses exi

ia the front entrance, and I extracted the requ

t there was none, and a second later a male figure appeared out of nowhere, a hard hand

t made me pass out as the man's f

tomorrow. Or else.

ou've got t

rip, and then he released me and disappeared outside the fr

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need

wouldn'

to call