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“My God, you’re crying. You.”
“What do you mean me? I cry.” Not often.
Okay, basically not ever.
“Not in years. Not for real. Oh sure, you can turn on the waterworks when you want to get your way, but this isn’t about that. What happened? Tell me who made you cry so I can go kill them.”
Juliet laughed through her tears. “It’s been a long time since you’ve threatened to beat someone up for me. I didn’t realize how much I missed it.”
“Was it Mom and what she said about your boyfriend at dinner? You know how narrow-minded she is. You can’t let her stop you from being with him if he’s really the guy you love.”
A sob worked its way out of Juliet’s throat and she choked, dropping her head back on the couch. “I do. I do love him. And I love Tristan, and I made a huge mistake and ruined everything.”
“Wait, wait, hold up. Who’s Tristan? I thought your boyfriend was Harper’s brother. Randy, right? You call him Sparks, though Mom thought it was funny to call him Sparky.”
Despite everything, Juliet let out a watery laugh. “So does Tristan, but he’s just messing around. Mom wasn’t. She disapproves.”
“Yeah, well, she disapproves of Simon too, and I married the guy twice. So what does that tell you about the value of her opinion?” Margo paused. “Okay, technically once. The first time was a commitment ceremony.”
“So that’s like a thing.” Juliet wiped her eyes. “Where you don’t get married but you pledge to love, honor, and make them obey you and all that?”
Margo chuckled. “Not sure about the obeying part, but I think you have the right
idea there. Yeah, it’s a thing. For some people anyway. People who aren’t quite ready for marriage, or are in a poly relationship—oh shit. Jules?”
Juliet swallowed. “Yeah.” That was all she could say.
“Okay. Right. Like a threesome. I had one of those. Well, mine was sort of a foursome, but same concept.”
“What?” Juliet sat up straighter on the couch. “You did not. Four? Three guys? Damn, get it, girl.”
Margo’s laughter ripped through the phone. “Actually, no, the fourth was a girl.”
“Wow. Yeah, still. Get it, girl. That’s awesome.”
“You’re so open-minded. That’s such a good trait. I’m trying, and I’m way better than I was, but yeah, I didn’t get it from anyone but Simon that night. I was too freaked to go any further and Simon shut it down in any case. But you…two guys.” Margo cleared her throat. “So now it’s time for me to say ‘damn, get it, girl’ and to be a little jealous. But only a little because I have my own stallion in the stable.”
“That you do.”
“But two. More than one night, obviously.”
“Yeah. Many nights at this point. Some mornings and nooners too.”
“I just bet.” Margo cleared her throat again. “So what happened? I’m assuming you’re not crying from the chafing.”
Somehow Juliet laughed, and kept on laughing right through a fresh onslaught of tears. “We got together at Owen and Callie’s wedding. You know, wild wedding hookup. It was a little wilder for me than them because first threesome and I was a virgin, but—”
“Stop. A virgin to what? You had backdoor sex the first night?”
“Oh no. I did that years ago. I mean to regular sex. I was a virgin until that night.”
When silence reigned over the line, Jules frowned. “Margo?”
“I’m here. I’m on the floor, but I’m still here.”
Juliet smiled. “I sort of let you think I was banging everyone. I wasn’t. Well, there was the anal, but that was really a form of birth control and I did that sparingly in recent years anyway.”
“Sparingly. Right. Okay. I’m with you now, I think. Please continue.”
