IVIV (1) Surface Streets

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Aug 27 09:15:35 CDT 2009


It's a sort of double-agent kind of thing.  She knows she'd being
watched and wants to portray her visit as a side-affair from her
present sugar-daddy, or at least a romantic rather than professional
visit.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:33 PM, John Carvill<johncarvill at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just backtracking a tiny bit:
>
> "But then I thought, better for everybody if this looks like a secret rendezvous."
>
> Well, ok. But who is 'everybody'?
>
> A-and, isn't a 'secret' rendezvous supposed to be, er, secret? How can it stay secret and 'look like' something at the same time?  We know what she means, but it's a kinda odd way of putting it, seems like a contradiction in terms.
>




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