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Marcia took a bite of her eggs. “Idiot used his real name on the review. Derrick’s going to leave a response from one of his sock accounts and get snarky.”
“The stupidity of humans never ceases to amaze me,” June said.
Eliza laughed. “Then you obviously never taught public school like I did. I’m sadly shocked when the general populationdoesn’tdefault to stupidity.”
Chapter Two
Marcia watched as, about ten minutes into eating, Loren grabbed her phone and angrily jabbed her finger at the screen before putting it to her ear. “Red, asshole,” she said. “Turn it off,now, or I’m taking it out and flushing it down the goddamned toilet in the bathroom. … Okay,fine. Turn it off, now,Master, or I’m flushing the goddamned thing and adding it to the list with markers and Christmas trees. …Thankyou.”
Loren hung up on him and dropped her phone into her purse while everyone else burst out laughing.
“Motherfucker,” she muttered.
Marcia shook her head. “You’re going to pay for that later.”
“Oh, I know I will, but he knows he pushed me too far. Hey, I rarely safeword for shit like this. If he doesn’t want to lose his toys, he needs to respect a few boundaries.” She shifted in her seat. “And I’m gonna kill Gilo next time I see him, Ab.”
Abbey laughed. “I’d offer to put him in SAM mode and let you take a few whacks at him, but he’d enjoy it. It’s a lose-lose for you. And he’d probably give Ross more kinky ideas to use on you as payback.”
“Motherfucker!” Loren griped.
“So, hey, any news on Mal?” Shayla asked.
The table fell silent and everyone looked at Leah.
She shrugged. “Seth hasn’t talked to Kel since right before the Halloween party, sorry.”
Loren sat back. “I guess that puts life into perspective,” she said. “I wish we coulddosomething for them. I feel so fucking…helpless.”
After suffering a miscarriage, Mal had developed a life-threatening eating disorder and lost a dangerous amount of weight. They were still struggling to get it under control, and she was being cared for on an inpatient basis at a special facility up in Tampa that treated food disorders. They made a brief appearance at the Halloween party two weeks ago, and everyone had been shocked by her gaunt appearance. Although, according to Kel, she’d actually gained a little weight from when she’d been at her absolute worst.
“I know,” June said. “Believe me, I know from experience that all we can do is what we’re doing—offering to be there for them. Kel will tell us if there’s anything we can do for them.”
“She was so fuckingskinny,” Marcia said. “We’re trying not to bug Kel because I know he feels guilty about not helping out more after they went in with us as partners, butdamn.”
“Yeah,” Cali quietly said. “Best not to. We don’t want to lose them altogether. We’re one of the few safe places either of them have.”
“How’s Essie and the baby, anyway?” Abbey asked.
“Doing well,” Cali said. “I think she’s seriously considering drugging the guys and wrapping rubber bands around their testicles to castrate them, to keep her from ever getting pregnant again.”
Eliza started laughing, almost to the point of choking.
“It wasn’t that funny,” Cali said.
She shook her head, still laughing. “No…” She snorted. “I used rubber bands on the barbarian’s balls last night!”
Abbey rolled her eyes. “Didn’t need to know that fact, but thank you for the idea to threaten Gilo with in the future.”
Once they finished breakfast and left to go their separate ways, Marcia got back in her car and headed for the warehouse store to do the shopping for the club. It wasn’t like the supplies just magically appeared there.
People had no clue how much work it was to keep a club like this running. Well, everyone at breakfast knew damn well how much work it took, because they were her friends and part of the core group of volunteers. She and Derrick knew there was no way they could have kept Venture running and thriving for as long as they had without everyone’s help. It really was a group project, a labor of love, and a service to their local kinky comunity. Fortunately, they were going to be able to take tonight off and chill at home, but they still had things to do to help keep Venture running.
It wasn’t all work, though. It was satisfying to have this place for them and their friends, a safe, clean facility that wasn’t risking anyone’s home, or a citation for zoning violations for noise or parking.
Damn you, Kaden. Why’d you have to die on us? It’s not fair you aren’t around to see what we’ve done. You should be a part of this, too.
When she finished that chore she headed for the club and was relieved to find Derrick there and taking measurements on the new side.
