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ive; I'd spent too much time thinking about Beryl.
"Sit down," Beryl said as came out of the bedroom. "When was
the last time you went out to dinner?"
"It's been a long time," I said, looking at her. wasn't
wearing the clothes she'd been wearing when I left 's in the morning;
instead, wore a short white skirt, perhaps fingertip length, with a
silver camisole top. 's hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and
wore a row of four rings in each ear.
"Like it?"
"I'm not sure," I said, staring. "You're awfully sexy looking
dressed like that." The colors set off 's brown skin nicely, and the
fabric of the camisole draped gently over 's small breasts, hinting at
their shape instead of frankly revealing them the way my knit shirt had.
"Did I give you enough money to buy all that?"
"I spent a few of the dollars you gave me on fabric, then spent a
bit of time sewing. The earrings only cost four bucks a pair at that
Indian import outlet in the mall."
"But ear piercing, they don't do that for four bucks a pair."
"I did that myself with a sewing needle."
I must have blanched a bit a
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