Tizio came by and to Sarah’s horror, he took them to John’s apartment. She remembered that Painted Girl had agreed to redo his apartment for an exorbitant fee. Painted Girl’s eyes danced as she put the key in the lock. Tizio stood beside her with a few boxes in hand.
Painted Girl switched on the lights… red lights, all of them. The small room glowed. Black and gold striped walls and gold brocade furniture brightened the room. Red velvet drapes hung floor to ceiling. Walking around Sarah giggled as Tizio pulled out a few naked figures of women and placed them around the room. A large velvet painted of a naked woman hung above the settee. Red velvet barstools adorned the kitchen bar. There were three gold tasseled hanging lamps with …show more content…
She knew from Tizio that John was staying with the young girl but something dreadful must have happened for these two to be ignoring each other the way they were and young Painted Girl knew about it. She wasn’t the type to gossip and had gained very little information from her. Her deaf ruse had served her well over the past year. She wore tiny hearing aids without the knowledge of her family. Oh, she hadn’t planned it that way but when she’d come home with them the first time she’d received an earful and decided to keep everyone in the dark.
She learned a lot that way.
She peered at John. He was being too quiet and eating everything in sight. Time to liven things up.
“John, you’re eating like a horse after a rodeo.” She saw John shudder with his fork halfway to his mouth. His eyes went for Sarah who stifled a giggle in her hand. He then looked over at Painted Girl who dropped her eyes and bumped into Sarah with a playful tap. No one else seemed to notice the odd exchange.
So, something is going on and for some reason a horse reference bothers John.
“You ever ridden a horse Sarah?” Let’s see how far I can go.
“Yes ma’am,” Sarah’s color heightened immediately. “I enjoy a good pony
Painted Girl switched on the lights… red lights, all of them. The small room glowed. Black and gold striped walls and gold brocade furniture brightened the room. Red velvet drapes hung floor to ceiling. Walking around Sarah giggled as Tizio pulled out a few naked figures of women and placed them around the room. A large velvet painted of a naked woman hung above the settee. Red velvet barstools adorned the kitchen bar. There were three gold tasseled hanging lamps with …show more content…
She knew from Tizio that John was staying with the young girl but something dreadful must have happened for these two to be ignoring each other the way they were and young Painted Girl knew about it. She wasn’t the type to gossip and had gained very little information from her. Her deaf ruse had served her well over the past year. She wore tiny hearing aids without the knowledge of her family. Oh, she hadn’t planned it that way but when she’d come home with them the first time she’d received an earful and decided to keep everyone in the dark.
She learned a lot that way.
She peered at John. He was being too quiet and eating everything in sight. Time to liven things up.
“John, you’re eating like a horse after a rodeo.” She saw John shudder with his fork halfway to his mouth. His eyes went for Sarah who stifled a giggle in her hand. He then looked over at Painted Girl who dropped her eyes and bumped into Sarah with a playful tap. No one else seemed to notice the odd exchange.
So, something is going on and for some reason a horse reference bothers John.
“You ever ridden a horse Sarah?” Let’s see how far I can go.
“Yes ma’am,” Sarah’s color heightened immediately. “I enjoy a good pony