But let me ask you this: is what just happened anything at all like what you’ve imagined?”
She looked down again and after a moment, whispered, “Yes. Porn videos I released my hold on her and she sagged back into place with an audible sigh of relief. I leaned down to her. “I’m waiting for your answer, Nadine.”
By now she didn’t seem to be breathing in or out, or even blinking. She looked as though she couldn’t let go of that breath until I went on. I kept my gaze locked on hers, not bothering to look down, even when I could see from the corner of my eye that a tiny triangle of blue fabric had been exposed. I held her gaze and watched as she struggled with the impulse to simply get up and leave, and perhaps even slap my face first.
