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Thirty minutes later, I was finished with the clit piercing, and Lance was doing a small wrist design for Holly. Hadley walked outside to take a phone call. I figured it was probably Lucy or about Eli. When she stepped back in the parlor, I strode over to her. “What did you mean then?” I asked since I didn’t want her upset with me.
She glanced down at her hands. “I don’t know what I meant. I just didn’t realize you did that type of thing.”
“How is it any different from you wiping asses?” I asked her. “You’re a nurse, right?”
“That’s different,” she protested weakly, not meeting my eyes.
“How so?” I grinned. She was behaving strangely—kind of withdrawn. “Hadley, you do realize a pussy is a pussy unless it belongs to the woman you want, right? There’s nothing sexual about my job. I’m a professional and this is what I do. I’m slightly offended that you’re acting like I can’t be trusted with nipples and asses. In case you’re wondering, I see more dicks than I do clits.”
I normally didn’t care what anyone thought. I knew what kind of person I was. But with Hadley? I felt more than a little crestfallen that she’d think… What was she thinking, anyway? That was it. I didn’t know. If she was negative toward my tattoos, jobs, and just everything, there was no hope for my piercing—a pubic bone one.
Hadley stood speechless.
My heart dropped, and a weird cold sweat swept over me. I caught myself. For a minute, I considered letting those thoughts I’d been having about Hadley become words. Honestly, I wanted to be her friend—Lucy’s too. But maybe I wanted something else too.
Shit.
Fuck.
Damn it all to hell.
I turned away, but she whispered, “Sorry. That was rude of me. I couldn’t tell you the number of butts and penises I’ve seen.” She touched my arm, and when I looked at her, Hadley gave me a bashful smile. “And you’re right. There’s nothing sexual about it.”
And just like that my guilt evaporated. In that moment, I realized that I enjoyed having Hadley around. She was a better person than me.
A sly grin spread across my mouth. “Just how many dicks are we talking here?”
Her gaze flickered to the ceiling. “God bless America!”
Yeah, God bless America for letting me steal a bag of chips from a kid.
