ON REJECTION AND ABANDONMENT

"I... I'm not going."

"What do you mean you're not going?" Simone stared at me, baffled.

"It would be insane... I know exactly what he wants."

"And what's the harm in giving him what he wants? Manu, you've dreamed about this man your whole life... and now he offers to fuck you and you're actually considering not going? Everyone knows what Fred Hunt wants: your pussy. All men want that. And the moment you give it, you'll understand why they want it so badly... ...