Author's Note: I feel like we've cut through some of the significant plot setup that will let us get back on the slippery, debauched slope of the highway to hell. Please enjoy.
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The consequences came hard and fast. Or maybe they didn't. Maybe I just didn't see them coming sooner. The high I felt as Rita left for home that Sunday night met a different reality when I brought up the video feed of the Hooker House. Maybe I should have known better than to watch, but I couldn't resist.
Two things struck me when I tuned into the football party. First, Kat was nowhere to be found. This meant, if she were at the house, she could only be in the garage or in the far corner of the backyard. Second, Jess was alone with Johnny Burris in one of the bedrooms, which was surprising because he and Shelly were dating and had become exclusive -- at least at the football parties. I listened in on their conversation. It was difficult to hear, until I put on good headphones.
"Come on, Jess," Johnny said. "I know you like a dirty secret as much as I do." His hands stroked up and down her arms.
"God, Johnny," Jess said, "you're putting me in such a tough spot. Shelly is one of my friends. She's one of my employees. There's Girl Code."
"You just said it," Johnny pressed, "she's one of your employees. You know what that means. She's having her fun. I want some of my fun."
"These parties aren't enough?" Jess asked. Johnny kissed her neck.
"I want a secret," he said. "You've always been the most fun secret."
"What about my boyfriend?" Jess asked.
"How many other guys have you fucked this week?" Johnny said. "You know he doesn't care. He has to know you're going to do it."
"I just promised him I'd tell him if something was happening outside the agency," Jess said.
"Inside the agency, outside the agency, whatever, Jess," Johnny said. "I just want you to be my side piece."
"You're so romantic, Johnny," Jess said and rolled her eyes.
"Shelly is the kind of girl you marry," Johnny said. "She's great, and I'm not going to let her go. But you know me. You know me so well. You know I need a little danger."
"I know, I know," Jess relented. "And you know I love the same thing."
"You also want this big ass cock," Johnny said and pushed her hands into his crotch.
"Don't tease me," Jess said.
"Say it," he said.
"I want your big dick," she said.
"You're going to do this for me," he said.
"Do what?" she said.
"Don't play coy," he said. "Say it."
"All right," Jess said. "We'll make it work. I'll figure it out. I'll be your slutty little side piece."
"It makes you wet just to say that," he said cockily.
"You've always made me wet, you know that," Jess said. "Do I get to suck it now?"