Broken Blue: The Complete Series by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00BKMF85O
Publisher: Dark Season Books
Published: 2013-02-22T18:30:00+00:00

Five

Today

"Are you done?" Mark asks standing in the doorway.

I look up from the document, which I've been reading alone in the penthouse suite. "Yeah," I say, my heart in my mouth.

He enters the room, walking over to the chair opposite the sofa. "I need to be very clear," he explains as he sits down, "that there can be no negotiation, no debate, about any of these things. That document was not the work of a moment. It was carefully written so that it covers all the bases, and it represents my attempt to be totally open and honest with you right at the start. You are free to accept or reject the document, but I'm afraid that nothing can be changed". He pauses for a moment. "Do you have any questions, Elly?"

I take a deep breath. Frankly, I have millions of questions, but I guess they can all be summed up in one. "Yeah," I say. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

He stares at me. "I wasn't expecting that..."

"I mean, this?" I say, placing the document on the coffee table between us. "Why couldn't you just talk to me about all of this, instead of writing it up like some kind of essay?"

"For the sake of clarity -"

"For the sake of bullshit," I say, interrupting him. "I mean, I'm totally not the most communicative or expressive person in the world, but even I wouldn't resort to something like this. The stuff you've written here..." I pause for a moment, trying to wrap my head around how monumentally strange this whole situation has become. "The stuff you've written here is stuff you have to say to someone in person, face to face. You don't write it down and hand it to them, hoping they'll sign it".

He looks genuinely lost for a moment. "For the avoidance of doubt..."

"What are you scared of?" I ask, really starting to warm to my topic. I've tip-toed around Mark for days, and now I feel as if he's drawn me close only to erect a wall of bullshit around himself. "Is it me? Or are you like this with everyone?" I look at the piece of paper. "Do you give this thing to every girl you bring up here?"

"Yes," he says after a short pause.

"And do they sign it?"

"Yes," he says. "But I don't know if they all necessarily read it properly. Certainly none of them have ever questioned its contents quite so vehemently".

I swallow hard, trying to work out what to do. After building up to this moment for so long, I'd be crazy to just turn around and walk away. Still, I'd been expecting tonight to be about fun, casual sex, and suddenly I find that it's the least casual situation I've ever encountered. Mark has written up a list of three things with which I have to agree before he'll take me to bed. As he's already made very clear, I'm completely free to turn down any of these things, but by doing so I'll be ending the encounter.

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