Chapter 142: The Virgin And The Masters, Part 53, Would It Matter To You?

MICHAEL

"Do you think he´ll be alright?" she asks.

"I think so. His wound is healing. It´ll just take time, that´s all."

"I didn´t mean that. I meant..."

"What?"

"I mean... Do you think he´ll be... alright?"

"For sex, you mean?"

What´s going through your head, Babe?

"Yes."

"Yes, I think he´ll be alright... Would it matter to you if he wasn´t? Make a difference to you, about how you feel about him?"

"No of course not, but, I wonder how important it is to him?"

"Charlotte, when James won that first contract with Haswell, it was worth millions to him. Most men at that point would have bought themselves a flashy car, a boat, even a house. He went out and bought himself a virgin. What does that tell you?

CHARLOTTE

"What´s the problem, Charlotte?" asks Richard. "You look upset."

"Oh, the university isn´t very happy about the way my course is being moved around, or at least, the way I´m moving around it. It´s getting a bit uncomfortable trying to talk to my tutors.