She resented the implication that she owed him an explanation, that she owed him anything at all, but this wasn't the time to say so. She flinched when his hand hit his thigh, shutting her eyes just a little too long and a little out of sync to be blinking, though she tried to cover for it with a little flutter of her eyelashes that might have been even worse. Would crying help, or would that only irritate him? She couldn't tell, she wasn't sure the way she'd been the night before.
"I don't make anyone do anything," she said, still the careful enunciation that came with trying to stay calm and keep her voice even. "People want to take me places, and sometimes I go with them. I thought that we had fun. I woke up without a ride, or clean clothes, or money. I liked you, so I took a credit card. You are a cop. You know how credit cards work. You would only be liable for up to fifty dollars, which is less than you would have paid for dinner and a cab if you'd been interested in getting me dinner or a cab."
That wasn't fair, of course. She hadn't asked for dinner or a cab. He'd probably have paid for it, if she'd asked. She hadn't wanted to ask. That was the whole point; things ended on her terms, a good time and just enough of a bad taste in his mouth that he wouldn't go getting too fond of her memory. People with fond memories tried to find her just often enough to be dangerous. A careful calculation as to how best to never see him again.
She'd hardly be telling him that. She didn't like making people feel guilty about fucking her, but if that was what it took, she'd deal.
Assuming he was even the sort of person who'd feel guilty about fucking her without buying her dinner.
"I wasn't stealing from you. I was stealing from your credit card company. If I had wanted to steal from you, I would have taken cash."
She'd barely moved, standing very still, as if concerned that sudden movements might startle him. Clearly the opposite was true; she was so on-edge that the slightest provocation would make her jump out of her skin. Or, at the very least, duck and cover.
"I don't make anyone do anything," she said, still the careful enunciation that came with trying to stay calm and keep her voice even. "People want to take me places, and sometimes I go with them. I thought that we had fun. I woke up without a ride, or clean clothes, or money. I liked you, so I took a credit card. You are a cop. You know how credit cards work. You would only be liable for up to fifty dollars, which is less than you would have paid for dinner and a cab if you'd been interested in getting me dinner or a cab."
That wasn't fair, of course. She hadn't asked for dinner or a cab. He'd probably have paid for it, if she'd asked. She hadn't wanted to ask. That was the whole point; things ended on her terms, a good time and just enough of a bad taste in his mouth that he wouldn't go getting too fond of her memory. People with fond memories tried to find her just often enough to be dangerous. A careful calculation as to how best to never see him again.
She'd hardly be telling him that. She didn't like making people feel guilty about fucking her, but if that was what it took, she'd deal.
Assuming he was even the sort of person who'd feel guilty about fucking her without buying her dinner.
"I wasn't stealing from you. I was stealing from your credit card company. If I had wanted to steal from you, I would have taken cash."
She'd barely moved, standing very still, as if concerned that sudden movements might startle him. Clearly the opposite was true; she was so on-edge that the slightest provocation would make her jump out of her skin. Or, at the very least, duck and cover.
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