A Daughter of No Nation
“He wouldn’t, would he? I must have misunderstood.
It tracked with him hauling her out to meet Rees yesterday. Wait—she had picked the turtle case herself.
Maybe all of the lawsuits he’d given her were connected to eligible young men.
She had everything packed and repacked, the bed made, and she’d even dusted by the time Mirelda and Zita showed up, carrying a disco-era ball gown, in rich brown silk, in a paper-wrapped package.
Zita was in full dress uniform, sword and all, and her foreigner’s sa...sh had a new pin—a carved impression of a woman’s face, bound with red ribbon.
“His Honor recalled that I’m inclined to women,” she said, when she saw Sophie looking at it. “I told him I don’t mind dancing with whoever asks, but—”
“But he got you a lesbian badge of honor anyway?”
“It was thoughtful of him, wasn’t it?” As always, there was that little bit of a pitch there: Take it easy on Cly, Zophie, Cly rocks. He’d picked her a nice friend who just happened to be head of the Team Cly cheerleading squad.MoreLess
It tracked with him hauling her out to meet Rees yesterday. Wait—she had picked the turtle case herself.
Maybe all of the lawsuits he’d given her were connected to eligible young men.
She had everything packed and repacked, the bed made, and she’d even dusted by the time Mirelda and Zita showed up, carrying a disco-era ball gown, in rich brown silk, in a paper-wrapped package.
Zita was in full dress uniform, sword and all, and her foreigner’s sa...sh had a new pin—a carved impression of a woman’s face, bound with red ribbon.
“His Honor recalled that I’m inclined to women,” she said, when she saw Sophie looking at it. “I told him I don’t mind dancing with whoever asks, but—”
“But he got you a lesbian badge of honor anyway?”
“It was thoughtful of him, wasn’t it?” As always, there was that little bit of a pitch there: Take it easy on Cly, Zophie, Cly rocks. He’d picked her a nice friend who just happened to be head of the Team Cly cheerleading squad.MoreLess
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