He pressed his lips together and then gave me a saucy little smile. “I’m sorry, Penny. But you know I love exploring people’s closets. You can learn so much about them. And I knew if I asked if I could sit in James’ closet for thirty minutes you’d freak. Muchlike you are right at this exact moment. So technically I was right and we should just move on.”
“You…you knew I’d get sick?”
“I suspected. You’re four or so months along, right? So…morning sickness.”
“A few hours ago you didn’t even know if pregnant women could drink. How do you know so much about morning sickness?”
“I was putting on a show so you wouldn’t suspect me. Clearly I did a good job.”
“So let me get this straight. You planned out this night in part to explore my husband’s closet?”
“Sounds fun to me!” Kristen said.
I shot her a death glare and turned back to Justin. “Not okay, man.”
“I think everything is working out perfectly, actually,” he said. “Destination #2!” he told the driver again.
The limo pulled away from the curb.
“I’m so excited to see his closet,” Kristen said.
“Girl, same,” Justin said and squealed.
“I am so sorry,” Daphne said.
Bee started laughing. And once Bee started laughing after a few glasses of champagne, she rarely ever stopped. Eventually she had me laughing too.
“I thought I was going to die,” I said through my laughter.
“Because of the smell?” Bee asked.
“No!” I started laughing harder. “Because of the whole getting bagged and thrown over someone’s shoulder thing. Who were those guys?”
“Strippers,” Justin said.
Bee started choking on her champagne. “Then why were they kidnapping us instead of stripping for us?”
“Because I paid double. Raphael is going to be very upset about all the kicking though.” He gave me a hard stare. “His body is his livelihood, Penny. That was incredibly rude of you to do all that squirming. I hope you’re planning on leaving him a big tip. Because he looked pissed with a capital P.”
“Me?” I laughed. “I thinkyouowe him a big tip. Who pays strippers to be kidnappers?”
“Well I don’t know how to hire actual kidnappers. I’m a party planner. Not a murderer,” Justin said. “You’re welcome, ladies. It’s fun to be manhandled by hotties, right? Besides, it was pretty obvious it was part of a thing.”
“For us,” Bee said. “Because we saw them coming through the crowd and they bagged us all together. But Penny was outside. She must have been fucking terrified.”
“Hmm,” Justin said. “I hadn’t thought about that. You thought you were actually being kidnapped?”
“Yes! Why do you think I morning-sickness-ed all over myself?”
“Because I told Raphael to be extra shaky with you. So I could get into your husband’s closet. We already talked about all this. New topic. Which Hunter brother is packing the most?”
“How are we supposed to know that?” Daphne said. “I’ve never seen James naked.”
“Here’s how we do it.” He put his hands close together and slowly started moving them apart. “Tell me when to stop.” He kept going. “Holy anaconda!” He kept going. “Good Lord, girl how do you fit that inside of you?” he asked when his hands were two feet apart.
“I’m sorry…what is happening right now?” Daphne asked.
“He wants you to tell him how big Rob is,” Bee said. “You have to tell him when to stop.” She gestured back to Justin’s hands which were still moving farther apart.