Irresistible by Bankes Liz

Author:Bankes, Liz [Bankes, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Published: 2013-02-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

I’m busy all night, which is probably a good thing, because it stops me from thinking about the ride home. A floppy-haired boy named Spencer follows me around asking for refills until he vomits down his front and passes out. I leave him in the hands of his friends, who begin to film themselves drawing on him.

One of the bald men, who is possibly Spencer’s dad, also follows me around, shouting that I’m his “favorite” before falling into a bush. I find it amusing that in normal life he probably runs a company or something.

I’m just going to get a fresh bottle of wine when someone pokes me in the back. I turn around and there’s a large old woman sitting on a chair at the edge of the courtyard. She’s cloaked in silk and looks a little like an angry toad.

“Would you like my strawberry titty?”

“I’m … I’m sorry?”

“This thing.” I realize she’s holding out one of the miniature strawberry-and-cream desserts in little jars that we’d handed out. She taps the jar with her finger.

“Um, no, thank you. I’m working, so I probably shouldn’t.”

I feel an arm slip around my shoulder.

“Awfully impolite of you to turn down Aunt Beryl’s strawberry titty,” says Jamie.

“Oh, okay.” I hold my hand out, thanking the lady while trying desperately to keep a straight face and not catch Jamie’s eye.

I hold the dessert up to him, speaking quietly. “I don’t want it. Too small.”

“Very kind of you, Aunt Beryl,” says Jamie, flashing her a huge fake smile.

“Don’t give me that crap, you little rogue,” she snaps, every word sending ripples down her chins. “Are you still as useless as ever?”

“I certainly am,” he replies, nodding deferentially at her.

She rises to her feet, and the chair gives a creak of relief. As she starts to shuffle off, she turns to me.

“You hold on to your panties with that one, girl. There’s no hope for him.”

Luckily she doesn’t wait for me to respond. We both watch her go for a moment.

“You can take your arm off me now,” I say.

He slides his hand away, deliberately dragging his fingers across my back. I squirm, trying to conceal the shiver that just went over my skin.

“Has anyone ever told you how creepy you are?”

“No,” he says, smiling. “Come upstairs. I want to show you something.”

“What?” I say suspiciously.

“Not my penis,” he says loudly. “I wish you’d stop asking.”

A group of women nearby shoot us wide-eyed stares. I start moving glasses around on a table to look busy.

“Come on. You must be due for a break.”

His eyes shine wickedly at me. My urge to know more about him is too strong, and I know I’m going to follow.

“Okay, but if it’s anything weird, I’m leaving.”

I follow him to the door in the corner of the courtyard that leads into reception, and he heads for the wooden door that I saw on my interview day. It opens onto a spiral stone staircase. In one direction the steps descend into darkness, probably to the network of secret passageways.

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