Chapter 9 At two in the morning, I was sitting in my car, parked in the deserted street across from Reggie’s. For months, Ryan had fed me crumbs of love and I was starving for a real night of passion. Something wild and obscene and beautiful—something to shake me out of this dazed state I walked around in all day. I didn’t want a quick hand job with my clothes still on. I wanted to know what it was like to lie in bed with someone, naked, curious, warm. There was no doubt in my mind that Jack was the kind of guy who could teach me how to go all the way. I checked the radio clock. Anytime now, he’d be stepping out. My nerves were drawn so tight, I had trouble sitting still. Where did he live? Was it far from here? Did he live alone? I didn’t want to take him to my place. My apartment was