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From the street they turned onto a path shrouded in darkness A canopy of trees lined the ay Ahead of thee

"And your ht she was froate, they paused Suzanne stood looking at hi

"My parentage…it’s quite a long story," he said, his gray eyes as shadowed as the path they’d just walked

Suzanne sed She should not be doing this, should not be alone with hiot time"

A helicopter They flew to the city in a freaking helicopter

The entire way there, Michael sat at thestaring at the ground below, the clouds above and the horizon beyond… He couldn’t believe Griffin could conjure up a helicopter as easily as one called a cab Griffin…Griffinthe trip, as Michael nearly drooled over the view, Griffin only watched him with unconcealed aht he was nuts--he couldn’t look away froot et his attention Michael loved the way Griffin looked in his aviator sunglasses with the helicopter’s headset on "Want to take pics to send your friends?"

Michael shook his head and turned his eyes back to the vista below After all, he didn’t have any friends to show any pictures to

The helicopter set down on the landing pad of so in Hell’s Kitchen as the sun finally sunk over the horizon Michael followed Nora and Griffin as they headed for the roof door In his plain cotton pants, white shirt and black jacket, he felt terribly undressed compared to Griffin in his black leather pants and black silk shirt Nora wore a black suit too--fedora, suspenders, red shirt, black tie…the whole nine yards

As they descended the stairs, Nora looked back and grinned at hi to keep you outta the papers, kid Don’t worry I’ve got a private rooo there first while Griff and I cause a ruckus"

"I love a good hard ruck…us," Griffin said, grinning back as he took off his sunglasses and shoved them in his pocket Michael blinked and forced his eyes away He really needed to figure out how to stop staring at Griffin all the time

They reached the bottom of the staircase and Michael heard the first strains of music Nora went up to the door and knocked hard--three quick taps followed by two heavy ones

"Secret code?" Michael asked in a whisper

"Morse code for S&M"

Michael’s eyes widened "Really?"

Griffin shrugged and winked at him "I have no idea"

The door opened and a man stepped out into the hallway Michael looked up at hi up And up