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C HAPTER E LEVEN

Feeling Sexy

No sooner does the door close behind my last student than I rush to the phone. Excitement nearly chokes me as I wait for Angel to pick up.

“Hello?”

“Just finished my first class!”

“Tell me everything!”

“They’re the most hopeless gathering of misfits imaginable.”

I fill Angel in on each student’s oddities. How their personalities either clashed or meshed. “Once we began dancing, their true personalities came out. You know, all the things they thought they could keep concealed.”

Later at the mall, Angel and I enjoy touring through our favorite shops, picking up items here and there. Some we need. Others are impulse buys. Nice to be able to do this. Thinking back to our time spent hooking, I ask, “Remember how Ax owned us?”

“How could I forget?” Angel says, visibly shivering. “He treated us like animals. Took our money. Freedom. Youth. Your son.”

I nearly spit out, “Bastard! Glad that part of our lives is past.”

We stroll the mall for a bit and then stop for a treat—one of those huge cinnamon buns, drizzled with a sugary glaze and mounds of candy-coated pecans. Mmmm…. The minute we get in line, my mouth begins watering. Just a few more people….