They couldn’t possibly all know, she told herself. Indian Sex “Kiss me here,” Lily said, pointing to the place between her breasts, just above the bow on her nightgown. “Let’s try something different: If you had a pet–”
“I would kill it.”
Ashe’s pencil broke. “Yes, I think I am.”
He pushed her chair in for her and escorted her to the elevator. “But if you were?”
“I wouldn’t be.”
“Why not?”
“It’s too dangerous. Someone you’re willing to compromise yourself for.”
It sounded awful, but it just rolled right out of Ashe’s mouth and Lily seemed to accept it. He would listen to my heartbeat every day. Then he swore under his breath. “She’s not in.”
“Only the director can order me removed.”
“She will.”
“But until she does Lily is still my patient and you can’t bar me from attending to her. Just come clean and tell us everything that happened. “But I guess if I really needed help I would call you.”
Ashe felt a headache coming on. The coils of her own hair piled up like a pillow beneath her head as she pressed her cheek to the tabletop and then–
The scene changed. He must have been very happy. Only Lily mattered anyway. It made Ashe think of strawberries. The coils of her own hair piled up like a
