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.” Cameron sat up slowly behind him.“We have to get ready to go.Feel up to it?”“I’ll be fine,” Sai whispered, and forced himself to sit up with some difficulty.Cameron pulled out a small round container.“This will keep the nausea at bay.The nurse said three times a day, right before you eat.” He pulled out a thin strip, and Sai opened his mouth, letting Cameron drop the medtab on his tongue.He showered and dressed slowly while Cameron packed up what few things he had brought with him to the cabin.The sound of the woods outside crept in through the open window.“How are we getting off the planet?”“We’re going on a cruise.”Sai blinked at him.“A cruise?”“Yes, Mr.and Mr.Milton are newlyweds on a cruise.They’ve been kind enough to loan us their ticket.” He put a ring in Sai’s hand.“Put that on.”Sai stared down at the simple gold ring and slipped it on.“I had dreams of this moment.Usually over champagne and fine music.”Cameron stuffed the last of their clothes into a second suitcase.“Did you really?”Sai thought a moment.“Well, I dreamed of many things that would get me off of this planet as a kid.Didn’t you dream of things you didn’t or couldn’t have?”“Sure.Marriage wasn’t one of them, though.” Cameron looked up at him over their bags.“You’ve never left this planet?”“Oh sure, sort of.I schooled at Darvi-Trinity Station Academy of Education.Graduated with some of the best marks in my year.” Sai frowned at the memory.He had failed to be top of his class, which his father had made a point of, pressing home his disappointment.“School was for nine months a year.Then I was to be at home until it started again.I occasionally visited CompCore HQ, but that was it.I was pretty… how would you put it… confined until I found myself on the station.”Cameron pulled a tube out of his bag and handed it to him.“Put some of that in your hair.”Sai stared at the tube.Hair dye.A tired smile tugged at his lips.“Purple?”“Sure.No one thinks twice about the guy trying to get the attention.Be your outrageous self and we’ll be fine.”Sai got up and went into the bathroom.“I could go in drag.I’ve never done drag before.”“Too much like trying to hide.”Sai spread the dye through his hair until it was a mass of purple curls, then found some knickknacks in the cabinet and added a touch of eyeliner and purple to his lips.He turned to look at Cameron when he was finished.“Better?”Cameron looked him over, a slight frown touching his lips.“I miss the life in your eyes.”Sai sighed.He was so tired.“I’ll put on a better show in public.I’m just too tired to keep it up for long.”“Shouldn’t be more than an hour.Just relax, and everything will be fine.”He took a ragged breath.Memories of the hospital haunted him, and he fought back the shudder trying to work its way down his spine.“If he finds me—”“He won’t,” Cameron insisted.Sai winced.Fear and grief warred inside him.He wanted to feel something besides the all-too-familiar sensations.He paced the small room, trying to calm and work off nervous energy.It was so much better not to feel and not to care.“I can’t do that again.It’ll drive me insane.”Cameron closed the space between them and pulled him close.“It’s okay.Take a deep breath, and we’ll be fine.Damon will help, and everything will be fine.”He took a cleansing breath and let it out slowly.“Ready?”Sai nodded.“Yes.”30Pink HeartsCAMERON WAS worried.Qusay had been withdrawn and quiet the entire trip up to the station, though he kept his nerves behind a blank mask.He had grown to hate that expression on Qusay’s face.He wanted his lover back, the sweet and gentle one.He wanted the young man with the seductive smile and quick wit returned to him.It seemed as though every time he saw Qusay, the more he drifted into becoming someone much harder and reserved.All the good and special things about him were being crushed and trampled away by his father.Cameron would be so glad when they were finally away from this planet.They made it through the second checkpoint and climbed into the lift that would take them to the cruise ship.Cameron leaned in close and pulled Qusay to him.The trip had drained the color from his cheeks, and the rest of the patrons were starting to look at them with more than a little curiosity.Cameron nibbled on Qusay’s ear and kept his voice low but not so low they wouldn’t be overheard [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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