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Jolene and Dorothy nod again.
“It doesn’t help that he called me.” I sigh. “And texted me, and even wrote a message to me on the Airbnb app.”
“I saw the review he left there,” Jolene says. “Five stars of ‘just take my call, please.’”
I check to see if I’m happy with how sudsy Mr. Goobers is. Because he’s a Komondor, he looks like a mop on a regular day, but with foam in the picture, even an experienced janitor might grab him by mistake and start mopping away.
“Maybe you should take his call?” Dorothy suggests softly.
I start rinsing Mr. Goobers. “As soon as I decided I would, he stopped calling.”
“When was that?” Jolene demands.
I shrug. “A few hours ago?”
“So how about you call him back?” Dorothy suggests.
“I’m not there yet.” But I’m getting close to it. “But enough about me. What’s new with you guys?”
Dorothy exchanges a shy glance with Jolene, who nods minutely.
Dorothy takes a deep breath. “We’re dating.”
“And we’ve wanted to tell you for a while,” Jolene says. “But it never quite came up.”
“You are?” And I’m not jealous at all, I swear on a pack of Bibles. “Who?”
They exchange a confused glance. “Dorothy just told you,” Jolene says. “We’re dating… each other.”
I stare at my friends unblinkingly. “You’re dating. As in romantically?” It was hard to believe they’d collaborated together enough to get me that vacation, but this?—
“What can I say?” Jolene shrugs. “Opposites attract.”
“How are we opposites?” Dorothy demands.
“Sexually,” Jolene says without a moment of hesitation. “Also spiritually, temperament?—”
“Wait.” I turn to Dorothy. “You’re gay?”
Dorothy blushes. “Consider this me coming out.”
I turn to Jolene. “But… all you do is talk about dicks.” Also, though I won’t bring it up, I’ve seen her leave a bar with a dude more than once.
Jolene grins. “Didn’t I tell you I was pansexual?”
“No.”
She frowns. “I could swear that I did.”
Did she? “You talk about something-sexual so much I sometimes tune you out.”
“And you’re not alone,” Dorothy adds.
“People not listening isn’t my problem,” Jolene says. “All I know is that I’ve always been open about it. I’m attracted to people regardless of their gender… but you’re right about one thing. I do like dicks, which is why I bought one of the best ones for Dorothy to use.”
Shit. This does explain the way they’ve been together lately. Case in point: Dorothy came with Jolene today to pamper Jolene’s dog, something that never would’ve happened in the past. But?—
“You promised to be discrete,” Dorothy hisses, bringing me out of my revelatory daze.
