CHAPTER SIX
Lily’s life was ruled now by two things: her writing and her on-line affair. She had little use for Patrick, since when he was in the house, he only got in the way of her obsessions. If they f****d, IF they f****d, her mind was usually elsewhere, and any passionate screwing on her part was fueled by thoughts of Mr. X.
Her world was reeling, so much so fast, all coming at once. Requests for columns, comments, more dishy news. She was plunked down into society events in New York, DC, Philadelphia, even Chicago, and was expected by her editor to come up with her campy, hip and refreshing take on the events as they played out against the backdrop of real news – floods, famines, war, an ailing economy and global warming. Somehow she was skilled enough to make connections between t
