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unrecognizable form in its current incarnation. The decorative gingerbread trim and steep, multi-peaked roof remained.
    Just past the café, in front of a lawyer 's office in a far smaller Victorian, Steve sighed. "Finally!" He stopped the car, pulled forward a little, checked all the mirrors, then moved ahead a bit more.
    " What are you doing, Steve?" Lucian's tone held a mixture of humor and slight annoyance.
    " Sorry, Sir. I need to park the car." With that said, he watched his mirrors carefully and eased the limo back and to the right.
    I had to admire the ease with which he maneuvered the huge car into the parking space. Well, two spaces. Most people could barely manage to parallel park a compact car.
    He shut the engine off and opened his door to get out.
    " Wait, Steve." Lucian kept hold of my hand as he sat forward. "Please?"
    Steve glanced over his shoulder and closed his door before peering at Lucian through the rear view mirror. "Is there a problem, Sir?"
    " I just wanted to say sorry for being a jerk earlier. You didn't deserve to be treated that way. You've been a good friend to me, and I appreciate it. So can you drop the Sir thing and get back to normal?"
    Steve grinned and turned in his seat. "It certainly took you long enough! Did Miss Tara have to coach you?"
    I nearly melted in relief, glad to have Steve back on our side.
    Lucian laughed aloud. "No, I knew I'd been mean. Just had to figure out how to apologize."
    " Well, I'm very glad you figured it out."
    All serious, Lucian extended his hand. "I am too."
    Equally solemn, Steve shook Lucian 's hand. "I get it, Lucian. I can't imagine what it's like to face the worst things of your past. Being a little on edge is completely understandable." He smiled again. "Shall we go in?"

Chapter Five
     
    I guided Tara by the arm as t he hostess lead us across the broad planked wood floor, weaving among tables, speaking to various patrons as she passed by. Finally, she stopped by a round wooden table with three spindle back chairs.
    " Here y'all go." She smiled sweetly and waited for us to sit, then passed out menus. "Sherry will be with y'all directly to take your orders."
    I watched Tara out of the corner of my eye. What humiliation would get me the most points with the least fucking damage? Insulting her body? Intelligence? Definitely not her body. Fuck no. She was too insecure about it already. I refused to prey on that. Mannerisms maybe. She had plenty of those. I loved every fucking one of them. God dammit.
    I raked a hand through my hair. I could do something that would embarrass her. That was the same as humiliation. Yeah. That could work. But what?
    " This is such a quaint restaurant." Steve chuckled, gazing over the top of his menu at the surprisingly large crowd.
    Elderly crowd, mostly. That was a plus. I think.
    Maybe I could serenade her.
    No. She might find that sweet and enjoy it. I sipped my water, t rying to think inconspicuously.
    An elderly gentleman a few tables down exploded in loud guffawing laughter.
    " Hmm." Tara tapped her menu. "Maybe you should order whatever he's having, Mr. Broody pants."
    I looked at her , confused for a second. "I'm not brooding."
    " Ah." She didn't meet my gaze while nodding at her menu. "Maybe somebody didn't have a very good time…earlier?"
    I froze, realizing how weird I was acting. Yes, she 'd received a sext shortly after I'd gotten the Devil's Text. She'd been ordered to force me to orgasm in five minutes. Which she aced, no problem. Or I aced. We. But we'd finished just before actually entering the town. I hadn't really had much of a happy glow moment with Operation Doom looming in the five foot, five minute vicinity.
    Just the thought that she would think I didn't love it added to my panic. "Are you kidding? It was the best ever!"
    " Shhhhh!" She hit me with a hard glare.
    Holy shit. That was fucking it. I leaned forward a little. "Hey baby," I whispered, just a little too loud, "you ever saw that movie, the one