Chapter 25

• I got the sense that Kat had held something back about Patrick, but I didn't dwell on it. We were into the home stretch on our Vegas trip, and I wanted to enjoy it. The thought of going home to Houston and returning to normal -- whatever that might look like between us now -- sat uneasily in my mind. I also was armed with a great deal of new knowledge about Kat and her likes. She was more enchanting to me than ever. Our mutual kinks and seemingly limitless reserves of sexual desire made me excited. There's no way we couldn't propel this to higher and better levels.
• We lounged and drank Champagne. We bumped up on coke frequently, keeping a hum to our energy. At one point, we got into the crowded pool with too-full glasses of bubbly.
• "Let's play a game," Kat said.