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looking,’ said Jay.
    ‘Is she attractive?’
    He shrugged. ‘Yeah I guess, in a wholesome kinda way. She wears classy clothes.’
    Pattie flushed. ‘What do you mean by that?’
    Jay smiled to himself. He’d known that would sting. Pattie had no idea of class; it was the one thing money hadn’t been able to buy for her. Not that he objected, that wasn’t why he was with her, but he was well aware that it was an area of vulnerability. He always liked to know people’s weaknesses and anxieties as you never knew when they might prove useful.
    An hour later he and Pattie arrived at the cottage. Davina answered the door to them wearing a pairof black velvet trousers and a red and grey dogtooth jacket over a cream blouse. He’d been right, Jay thought to himself, she had class. On the other hand she didn’t look as though she had very much experience and he wondered what she was like in bed.
    He watched with interest as she ran a hand through her hair. ‘You should have phoned me, told me you were coming,’ she babbled. ‘The place is an absolute tip. I’ve been working in the studio all day and …’
    ‘It’s your cottage,’ said Jay. ‘Doesn’t matter to me if it’s a tip or not. As long as you service me when required, the place is your own.’
    Colour stained her normally pale cheeks and he felt excitement stir within him. He’d been careful with his use of words, suspecting that she’d find them unsettling, and as he walked into the cottage he could tell that she was uneasy.
    ‘Now this
is
cute,’ enthused Pattie, who hadn’t been listening to her lover. ‘You say you’ve been working in your studio. Are you a ballet dancer?’
    ‘Does she look as though she’s been working out at the barre in those clothes?’ asked Jay.
    Now it was Pattie’s turn to flush. ‘I guess not. I wasn’t thinking.’
    ‘Obviously.’
    ‘Is everything all right for you at the house?’ asked Davina anxiously, moving restlessly around her living room. ‘Clive said that the removal men were excellent and everything was in place.’
    ‘It looks fine,’ Jay reassured her. ‘If you don’t mind I’d like to have a look at your studio and the work you do there.’ He was surprised when Davina seemed about to refuse. ‘Do you have a problem with that?’ he asked in his best prosecutor’s manner.
    ‘Not a problem exactly,’ stammered Davina. ‘It’s just that some of the pictures I’m doing at the moment are a bit risqué.’
    Pattie laughed, linking one arm in Jay’s and running a hand over his chest and down to his waist, her long fingernails scratching lightly just above his belt.
    ‘You don’t need to worry about Jay, honey. He’s very broad-minded.’
    ‘Well, all right then,’ Davina agreed reluctantly and, intrigued, Jay walked into the studio.
    There were pictures everywhere, on the walls, on thefloor, stacked in the corners, and large sketches at various stages of development were on different drawing boards. As Davina stood uncomfortably in the middle of the room, her hands clasped tightly together, Jay prowled around, fascinated by the erotic drawings that were clearly her latest pieces.
    ‘It seems you’ve got hidden depths,’ he drawled.
    He could tell she was embarrassed. ‘I’m freelance, I have to take any work I can get,’ she said defensively.
    ‘Sure, but you couldn’t do it if you didn’t know about this kind of thing.’
    ‘It’s science-fiction, a fantasy,’ explained Davina.
    ‘In other words, you use your imagination, is that what you’re saying?’
    ‘Yes … that is, no.’
    ‘It must be one or the other.’
    ‘Don’t worry about him,’ laughed Pattie. ‘Jay doesn’t have conversations, he conducts cross-examinations.’
    She looked at the picture her lover was studying, wriggling between him and the drawing board and then pressing her buttocks back against him until Jay felt himself responding. As his erection stirred inside his trousers he put his arms