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With my finger I circled one of his nipples, then the other one. “And you are funny,” he said, still breathless. “And fun.” I put my finger over his beautifully formed, very talented lips. “That’s right,” I said. “Funny. And fun. I think those are operative words here.” “I’m sure there are other f words we can incorporate,” he said, wrapping his lips around my finger and sucking it. I closed my eyes. Okay. We were good. Liberation, indeed.
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ABOUT THE BOOK An intoxicating, int
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S.E.C.R.E.T SHARED A S.E.C.R.E.T no
Page 6 and 7: TEN STEPS Step One: Surrender Step
Page 8 and 9: DAUPHINE I LAUGHED. WHAT else was t
Page 10 and 11: “Look at you, Ophelia,” he said
Page 13 and 14: CASSIE THREE THOUGHTS OCCURRED to m
Page 15 and 16: the salt and pepper shakers. When T
Page 17 and 18: “Are you hearing that man? Or is
Page 19: I could also be a Recruiter like Pa
Page 22 and 23: emergencies, and having sex with th
Page 24 and 25: “Right. When I think of Easter, I
Page 26: Then, before I knew it, he was sitt
Page 29 and 30: hold sugar packets, the napkin hold
Page 31: “Well … thank you for the water
Page 34 and 35: “Yes. Now go. I’ll be out front
Page 36 and 37: Something in me knew that Cassie an
Page 38 and 39: Part of me wanted to stand up, call
Page 41 and 42: CASSIE WE DIDN’T GET a lot of cus
Page 43 and 44: I applied some lip-gloss in the mir
Page 46 and 47: DAUPHINE HOW MANY TIMES had I walke
Page 48 and 49: consideration, that made my lover c
Page 51 and 52: CASSIE AS MUCH AS I was thrilled by
Page 53 and 54: “So you’re a musician …” He
Page 55: Then he slowed to a stop. No! And p
Page 59 and 60: “Miss Mason, I have a patrol car
Page 61 and 62: hardly going to be a deal-breaker a
Page 63: “What do I get if I call it?” I
Page 66 and 67: “If shame is so toxic, why isn’
Page 68: My panic started at my feet, and tr
Page 71 and 72: “The thing is, Matilda, I don’t
Page 73 and 74: I swallowed the remaining candy sha
Page 75 and 76: “It listens to me. I tell it what
Page 78 and 79: CASSIE IT WAS ONLY a matter of time
Page 80 and 81: “I can’t think of anyone else b
Page 83 and 84: DAUPHINE THE DAYS OF only seeing ph
Page 85 and 86: S.E.C.R.E.T., I’d never be sittin
Page 87 and 88: The band picked up the tempo. I cou
Page 90 and 91: CASSIE MARK DRURY LOOKED like I’d
Page 92 and 93: Our usual meet-up spot, Tracy’s,
Page 94: I must have leapt two feet in the a
Page 97 and 98: a bank of telephones. Matilda had t
Page 99 and 100: million dollars, tripling what was
Page 101: “Señor who?” “Castille,” s
Page 104 and 105: “This is the Emperor’s Room,”
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“No. Should. It’s not popular a
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I wasted almost an hour at the groc
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“I know it,” he said, collapsin
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Me? I almost did that female thing,
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“You earned Confidence when you t
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Everything was. Why he didn’t do
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face, cradled it with both his hand
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We waited a beat to make sure we we
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While I tossed a salad, Kit carted
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lock for half an hour …” “Who
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“You didn’t expect me to follow
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In the morning, we had sex one more
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CASSIE TRACINA PICKED OUT the baby
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“He okay?” “You know what? No
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event like this; we take our anonym
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When that option was available to m
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“But you’re okay, right?” “
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mine, quivering from what he had ju
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I backed out of my bedroom wearing
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locked every attempt he’d made in
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Matilda tried to calm Pierre, to sh
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I slid my bracelet, my beautiful br
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I have several “C
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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Cassie
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19. Matilda says to Cassie: “The
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