The Grifters
“Primly protective, she drew up the sheet and tucked it over his chest. "I must take care of you," she said. "Now, more than ever, you are most important to me."Roy grinned at her lazily. She was sweet, a lot of woman, he thought. And about the most honest one he'd ever met. If she hadn't told him that she wasn't virginal…"You are all right, Roy? You do not hurt any place?""I never felt better in my life," he laughed. "Not that I haven't been feeling okay.""That is good. It would be terrible if ...I had given you hurt."He repeated that he was feeling fine; she was just what he'd needed. She said seriously that she also had needed him, and he laughed again, winking at her."I believe you, honey. How long has it been, anyway, or shouldn't I ask?""How long?" She frowned a little, her head tilted in puzzlement. Then, "Oh," she said. "Well, it-it was-""Never mind," he said quickly. "Forget it.""It was there." She extended the tattooed arm. "There also I was made sterile.""There?" he frowned. "I don't… What's that, anyway?"She explained absently, her smile fixing; the tiltedup eyes looking at him and through him toward something far, beyond.MoreLess
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