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“What do you mean ‘often’?”
“Well, there was Elaine in Phuket—”
“All right, I’m done with this conversation.”
“I’m not.”
I step toward her and whisper in her ear, “You want me to spank you in front of Amy and JD?”
She stares at me, possibly wondering whether or not to call my bluff. If she thinks I’d hesitate to bend her over my knee, she doesn’t know me well.
She wrinkles her nose at me. “Fine, we’ll continue the discussion later.”
We hang out for a while. Amy and JD look as if they’ve picked up where they left off. I notice Bridget studying them carefully.
Despite being twenty-one, Bridget still opts for nonalcoholic drinks. Amy goes for her usual Mojito with extra mint leaves. After two of them, she needs to use the restroom, and Bridget goes with her.
“Why is it women always have to go to the bathroom in pairs or more?” JD asks when the two have left.
“I don’t know. Strength in numbers?” I reply as I go over to the railing and see Tatiana talking to Ronnie at the bar.
“Or the chance to talk shit about us behind our backs.”
“That.” I text Cheryl to look into Tatiana. I okayed her for tonight, but she has to clear an updated background check if she wants to return. After I’m done, I look to JD. “So you’re back with Amy?”
He shifts on the sofa as if in discomfort. “Yeah, she called and texted a lot, you know? I guess I felt bad.”
I study my cousin. He’s never expressed feeling bad for any woman he’s dumped before. “Seriously?”
“She’s still cute.”
But JD doesn’t sound as enthusiastic as he used to be about Amy. In fact, he seems sullen right now.
“How long will it last this time?” I ask, anticipating I’ll get questioned by Bridget later.
JD shrugs, then slumps on the sofa while stretching his legs out. “Not as long as last time.”
“Do me a favor and own it when you break it off with her this time?”
“Yeah, sure.”
JD doesn’t blow smoke up my ass, but I’m not convinced.
The women come back. JD smokes a joint, then invites Amy over to his place, which Amy gleefully accepts. Finally, I think to myself. Tonight’s my last night with Bridget before I head off to China. I would have had her come up to my place sooner, but I knew she wouldn’t leave Amy alone.
As soon as Bridget and I are in the elevator, I have her against the wall. But she slips away.
“I want to continue our earlier discussion,” she says.
I sigh. “Why? You think I control what these women do?”
“You don’t exactly have a strong reaction. It gives the impression that, well, you’re okay with it.”
“Why do I need a strong reaction? It’s not a big deal.”
“So you like it when they’re all over you.”
I trap her between my arms. “I didn’t say that.”
