“We had stoneware in the home and you’re right. It didn’t last long.”
“My mom bought those unbreakable dishes, but nothing could prevent us kids losing them. The small square bowls made too good a shovel in a pinch.”
“I can just imagine you as a small child.”
“I was a terror.”
“But shy with strangers,” he guessed.
“Yep. Teachers never believed my mom about me until I’d organized my first boycott of the cafeteria’s no-name catsup. That stuff was nasty. Or had a petition going to reinstate outdoor school when budget cuts threatened that right of passage. It didn’t usually happen until my second year in school anyway.” She sounded altogether proud of herself.
“I see, you lulled the authority figures around you into complacency and then you sprang.”
“That’s about it.”
“I have no
administrators were not so
children will be like.” Her daughters would be stubborn, her sons protective and both would be
wasn’t. Negligent. At least it didn’t seem so to him, but he didn’t ask her about it because she was already headed to the next
“Nice to
developed abs and thighs that could crack an opponent’s back in a wrestling match, ancient or modern. However, the genitals
that would turn that smile into a grin. “I read somewhere that the aspect of a statue’s form was deliberately underrepresented so the focus could be on the aesthetic rather than
only men willing to be used as
those around them. While most of it was indulgent, one serious-looking elderly man glared. And a young woman sent daggers Piper’s way, but he didn’t know if that was for her laughter or the fact she
woman had given him an encouraging once-over when he and Piper had first arrived at
turned his back on her and smiled down at his beautiful companion.
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