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rooms that nobody used anymore. It was like our secret hiding place. And we would talk about our bodies. So, one day, we were all wondering why we looked so different. Danica asked her what was in her breasts…” she shook her head. “One thing led to another and let’s just say that one of the teachers found us all naked and trying to educate each other on what hole did what.” She laughed hard. “Oh, God, I can’t tell you how embarrassing that was. My mom pulled me out of that school after that. She had enough money to pay to keep me in there, while Danica’s family didn’t really so she got kicked out, along with Kristen. Julie’s dad was the head of the school so they weren’t sending her anywhere. If my mom hadn’t pulled me out I would have been able to stay too.”
    “Why did she pull you out?”
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    “She was divorcing yet another husband and she was going to move. Taking me with her would up her alimony, at least that’s what she had said. Plus since my brother and sister were only six and four, respectively, she got child support for them too.” She shrugged. “Life,” she patted his arm. “I wonder what ever happened to those girls.”
    “I’m surprised you didn’t get yourself into bigger trouble when you got old enough. You could have ended up on a milk carton.”
    “I might not be educated on certain matters, but I’m not stupid,” she retorted. “I watched America’s Most Wanted. I learned some things about what not to do.”
    “The television educated you?” He shook his head. “Where was your mother?”
    “When the chefs were really busy they didn’t always want me in the kitchen—sometimes, but not all the time, so I watched TV sometimes. But some of the chefs were great because even when they were busy they would let me help.”
    “I repeat, where was your mother?”
    “Well, if it was Monday she was playing tennis. Tuesdays were for facials and massages.
    Wednesdays were for body scrubs and pedicures with manicures. Thursdays were her hair days. Fridays was shopping with her friends. Saturdays and Sundays were party days, so if she was dating she went out on the yacht with her guy and his friends. It wasn’t her yacht, it was his. But generally there was always some big soirée going on in the circles she traveled in.”
    “What about your brother and sister?”
    “They’re just my half brother and sister, but their dad insisted, as part of the divorce settlement, that they have sports and classes. My brother, Cage, had cricket and golf, and my sister, Gracie, had horseback riding lessons, skating lessons, whatever they wanted.”
    “That’s one hellish way to grow up, Zoe.”
    “Nah, I was okay. I had a roof over my head. And I never wanted for food. It’s a miracle I didn’t weigh three hundred pounds as much as I ate.”
    “I couldn’t picture you heavy.”
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    “I was a little heavier than I am now, but I think as I grew up I just came into proportion. I was never overweight though. Amazingly, out of all of my insecurities my body was never one of them.” She shrugged. “Speaking of food; I think I’ll make some cookies for the guys.”
    “No cookie baking,” he took hold of her hand. “Let’s go get cleaned up and then do some of that cuddling and talking you say you like to do.”
    She laughed. “I do like to talk don’t I? I hope it doesn’t bother you.”
    “I love to hear you talk. I like listening to you. Why would it bother me?”
    She shrugged. “Okay, well then since you’re not bothered with it,” she winked. “Prepare to have your ears talked off,” she laughed. “I can tell you about the time my mother took us to Europe for the summer.”
    “Oh, that was nice of her.”
    “Oh, we were with a nanny the entire time. But she was a great nanny. She took us everywhere and I saw so many French pastries. I fell in love.” She laughed.
    “With the