Chapter 279

Kat shook her head and said, "Maybe later."

He did the coke, then Kat welcomed him on top of her. They made out, and he entered her. I was surprised. This was low-key for Kat. She seemed subdued, almost out of it. A few minutes later, when he pulled out and came on her face, something she loved, she seemed subtly annoyed. Kat may have said she was back to normal, but it seemed to me we still had more work to do in her recovery. I was curious if Jess had picked up the same signs.

Kat made nice with the investment banker as he left and went outside by the pool. Alix and Brittany, the house moms as they had come to be called, were taking bong rips and sunbathed nude. Kat joined them, exhaling a plume of smoke, and I marveled at the ease and comfort with which the girls all had at being naked. And then I was shaken out of my reverie when I saw Kat reach into a pack of Marlboro Lights that sat on one of the side tables and lit a cigarette. She took a deep inhale and