Chapter 6

Tiffany

I meet Kyle in the cafeteria. I had a great night yesterday. The sex with James was just amazing. I really liked the fact that he was direct with me. At least he knows what I want, and I know what he wants. However, my plans eventually include him divorcing his wife but in time I will work on that. I have to look for an apartment and send it to him for our meetings because I don't want to meet him in a hotel room every time- "Hi handsome", I greet Kyle by kissing him on the cheek.Which I very rarely do- "I see you're in a good mood today", he says- "I had an amazing evening and night. I even missed my class this morning, but it was worth it"I know he didn't like the fact that I told him I was going to meet my lover yesterday, but I want him to know that he doesn't own me.- " you've now decided to prioritize your prostitution over your studies", he says. "How much did you charge?"- "A rate out of your budget unless you want to pay me all the allowance your mother gives you"His dad froze his accounts because he's a senator and he doesn't want his son dating girls that aren't correct. But the real reason is that Kyle didn't accept to date the daughter of one of his campaign funder.- "but just so you know, my lover is going to buy me an apartment", I add happily- "getting paid in cash or in kind doesn't change what you are, a fucking whore. And those who are on the street are better than you because at least they assume what they do"- "I don't give a fucking shit about what you think Kyle", I shout.- "I know you don't care but that won't stop me from telling you what I think. Don't bring your ass back to my place when that bastard throws you away when he sees you're just an amateur in bed or he notices you're a fucking used good", he says with a wide smileI do my best not to let anything show. He is the only one who knows how to touch me with his words, and I hate that. I'm not going to give him the pleasure by telling him that his words are hurting me.- "Enjoy the rest of your short career, honey," he says then kiss me on my cheek.- "fuck you, you bastard. You should find a girlfriend and leave me alone", I tell him, but he goes away. "Go ahead, go hide under your mother's skirt. Who knows, maybe I'll steal her husband at the end of my career"I don't mean what I say, and I already regret the words that come out of my mouth. I love Kyle's mother, she's really amazing, the kind of mother I would have loved to have. I would never betray her. But the look Kyle gives me lets me know that he thinks I'm capable doing it and it breaks my heart. If he, the only one who knows when I'm bluffing, thinks I'm capable of such a thing, it's because I'm really bad and he doesn't trust me anymore.I spend the rest of the day at the library going over my classes and then send James the link to a great apartment I found. I get a text from Kyle saying he's picking me up in two hours. I had forgotten that his dad is having a dinner party tonight. I decide to go see my bitch of a mother.When I arrive, she's not there but her pervert husband is in his office. I head to her dressing room and grab two dresses and some jewelry. I can't show up at the Senator's house dressed in my slutty clothes. I'm Kyle's date tonight and he is already on the outs with his dad, I don't want to add to that- "I didn't know you were here", says my mother's husbandI ignore him and continue trying on the jewelry- "You look good Tiffany", he says, staring at my chest. "I hope you like the car I got you. And like I said, your mom doesn't need to know"- "Thank you for the car," I say as I left the room.My mother arrives when I reach the exit door- "What are you doing here?", she asks me. "And can't you get dressed properly?"She hates it when I wear ripped jeans. I ignore her, open the front door and leave. I'm not going to waste my breath on her anymore. She's never satisfied with what I do anyway. As for her husband, I will never do anything with him not because she is my mother's husband but because I never want to see her suffer because of me, even though all she has done since I was born is to make me suffer. But I don't want to be as rotten as her, I don't want to be like her. And for that I will try, for as long as I can, to keep what little humanity I have left.