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job is all about?” She changed her tactic from
a forceful approach to trying to reason with him.
    “What?
No. I’m not pretending.” Am
I? “I
have to go.”
    “You
can’t.” Lady Vanna ran past him and slammed the bathroom
door shut, throwing herself in front of it. “This is my
fantasy. I’ve paid you. You can’t say no.”
    “I
just did. Now let me go.”
    “What
kind of escort are you? You can’t even handle a little blood?”
    “A
little blood would be a scrape on the knee, this is a fucking
homicide.”
    “Is
that what you’re worried about? You think I killed someone?”
Lady Vanna placed her hands on Landon’s face. “It’s
just pig’s blood. It’s really not that bad.”
    “Oh
my God, you’re insane. I’m out of here.” Landon
pushed Lady Vanna out of his way.
    “You’ll
be back. They all come back,” her voice echoed throughout the
hallway.
    He
bolted out of the house, leaving the naked lunatic inside with her
blood bath.

    By Friday afternoon Talia
had spent the better part of the week trying to come up with an
excuse to avoid her weekly visit to Satin .
She couldn’t risk seeing Landon again. He was the only thing on
her mind lately and she’d become much more volatile for it. She
knew the girls were tiptoeing around her trying to avoid any
confrontation, but Talia just couldn’t keep her emotions in
check. She was so desperate to clear her mind that, after endless
hours of cleaning each evening failed, she finally succumbed
to mindless hours of television.
    Her
first choice was a comedy about a family in turmoil over their
teenage daughter’s pregnancy. It had some witty parts, but all
Talia could wrap her head around were the sapphire eyes of the
teenager’s boyfriend. This was not sitting well with Talia. She
flipped channels to a vampire drama, remembering their eyes tended to
be of a red or amber color, but the hair of the lead vampire was
wheat blonde and sat messily atop his head. Her attempts were not
going well. Finally she settled on the lifecycle of a caterpillar and
was pleasantly surprised by her interest in their eating habits just
before they would spin their cocoons. She had actually become
surprisingly engrossed when a commercial played
on the screen and the announcer’s voice set her off with his
deep raspy tone. She cursed, turned the television off, and threw the
remote across the room in sheer frustration. “That’s
enough of that.”
    She
began rearranging knickknacks on her lone bookshelf in the living
room, but the task didn’t last long, leaving her mind to wander
yet again. She remembered it had been a week since she’d
bleached her bathroom so she took to scouring all of the surfaces,
making quick work of removing any stubborn stains.
The job was soon completed, so she took to the spare bath in her
father’s old bedroom. Before long, that bathroom too was
sparkling and Talia was left wondering what to do next to occupy
her time. She was surprised when a knock came at her door and swiftly
realized it was nine o’clock. She knew it must be the girls
ready to pick her up half an hour earlier than expected and she
wasn’t anywhere near ready. Before she could get to the door to
open it, Sara came barging in.
    “It’s
freezing out there.” Sara stopped dead in her tracks, taking in
Talia’s state. “Please tell me you don’t plan to go
out like that.”
    “Well
hello to you, too. You’re awfully early.” Talia dropped
onto her couch, focusing on her folded hands in front of her.
    “Did
you forget we’re going out to eat beforehand? Hurry up and get
ready.”
    “I’m
not feeling up to it.”
    “You’ve
been pulling this shit all week. Get your ass up, go put something
decent on, and let’s go.” Sara marched across the room
and gripped Talia by the arm, dragging her into their once shared
closet. She began pulling various items from within, then returned
them to the rack.
    “This
is ridiculous. It’s going to take me forever to get