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“Hope so,” I sighed. “Dunno.”
She pulled away a bit, shrugging it off. “Bit of fun, then, I guess, ain’t it? Not like you got much in common.” Her words twisted in my gut harder than they should have. I felt myself clamming up, shutters coming down. “She’s a posh bird, ain’t she? Probably likes a bit of rough.” She elbowed me in the ribs, harder than a bloody joke, but I didn’t say anything. “You’ll be round here again quick smart when she’s had her fill.”
“I’m tired now, Vick. Let’s call it a night, yeah?” I pulled my hoodie up.
She looked at the clock. “Ain’t even ten o’clock. Ain’t getting all tetchy about lover girl, are you? I was only joking.”
“Raven’s coming round for them pictures in a couple of days. Got a lot to do.”
She hovered in the doorway so long I couldn’t bear to look. “You can come up if you want, share the bed, like. More comfy.”
“I’m alright here, Vick.” I smiled at her and she smiled back, but it was an empty smile.
It took her fucking ages to go upstairs, and it took me even longer to bed down for the night.
***
Sophie
“It’s a bloody work night,” Bex laughed. “I’ll be spelling people’s fucking tats wrong tomorrow if you don’t stop. I’ll send them round to you for compensation.”
She held out her glass regardless, ready for a refill. “Just need to get you drunk enough that you don’t care.”
Raven looked strange in this place, infinitely more flamboyant than the neutral colour scheme. She did a funny whistle again as she eyed the place, high-pitched enough that Casey jumped up on her lap. The dog took advantage when Bex didn’t push her aside, curling up between us on the sofa.
“I still can’t believe this is your pad,” Bex said. “It’s seriously swanky. Not even Masque’s pad is this neat. I’ll have to bring Cara next time, make a foursome of it.”
“Harding’s property empire sure buys the best.”
“Mood lighting, voice activated entertainment system, view of the Thames... Christ on a bike. I’m surprised Cal’s comfortable breathing in this place.”
“Not so sure he is,” I smiled. “He still perches on the edge of the sofa, scared to dirty it.”
“Seems madam here isn’t so self-restrained.” Raven scruffed up Casey’s ears until she rolled on her back, no longer even playing at being covert in her sofa-furring mission.
“Madam is taking over the place, one soft furnishing at a time.”
“I’m impressed, didn’t take you for much of a dog lover.”
“What’s not to love?” I grinned. “Well, besides the bin raiding and nose in all the cupboards and the fur on the pillows.”
“You love it all,” she laughed. “And her daddy too.”
“I need to ask you something.” I poured the rest of the bottle in my glass.
“Sounds ominous.”
“About me,” I explained. “Do I seem right to you?”
“Right?”
“Sane, I mean, healthy. Regular. Normal.”
She smiled. “No, you don’t seem right, thank fuck.”
“I’m serious. I feel like I’m off the rails.”
Her eyes fixed on mine. “Isn’t that what theMr Dangerousquest was all about? You’re breaking out, baby, that’s a good thing.”
