Page 4 of Revelation

He audibly shrugs. “I like what I like.”

“Who are they?”

He pauses briefly and then exhales. “They’re just women I’ve met.”

“Met? I’m guessing you’ve done more thanmeetthese girls.”

He doesn’t reply.

“Have yousleptwith allof these women?”

“So now you’re slut-shamingme?”

“No. I’m the last person in the world who would ever slut-shame anyone.”

“You do realize the whole point of your application to me was to make me feel safe enough to reveal my inner-most perverted thoughts to you? You’re supposed to be luring me intoemotional intimacy, Kat.”

“Oh crap. That’s right. Shoot. I should have warned you: I suck at emotional intimacy. I’m working on it, though, I swear.”

“You’re never gonna break down my walls now,” Josh says playfully.

“Damn. Oh well.” I audibly shrug and he laughs. “So who took all these photos? Was it you?”

“Nope.”

“No? Oh, I thought you were gonna say yes. Did you takesomeof them?”

“So we’re playing a game of Perverted Twenty Questions, are we?”

“Yeah. Isn’t itfun?”

“No.”

“Come on. I’ve still got nineteen questions to go.”

“Nineteen? Ha! More like ten. And that’s generous.”

“Okay ten. Did you personally takeanyof these photos?”

He exhales loudly. “Just one.”

“Oh, now that’s an interesting answer. Not what I expected. I thought it’d be all or nothing.” I suddenly remember Sarah saying Oksana photographs every girl in The Club. “By George, I think I’ve got it,” I say. “Are these the women you slept with in The Club?”

Josh sighs loudly. “Correct. All but two of them.”

“Well, now I’m confused again. You mean all but two of these women were in The Club—or there are two Clubbers missing from this folder?”

“Your mind is a scary place, Kat. You’re like Henn but in a totally different context. You’re a man-hacker.”

I laugh. “Thank you. Now answer the question, please.”

He exhales audibly. “Every woman from The Club is there—plusthere are two non-Clubbers in the folder, too.”

“Ah. Interesting. Two bonus-women from real life. This just gets more and more intriguing. Which ones are the non-Clubbers and why’d you put them in the folder with all the Clubbers?”

“Aren’t you out of questions yet?”

“Nope.” I pause. “I’ve still got eight to go.”

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