Cheryl shook her head in disbelief. "I'm so spastic I'd lose my balance fucking on a bed, let alone on a high wire!"
"Oh, you'd be surprised at some of the places Philip and I have done it," Bonnie said with a snicker.
We were then treated to a series of several short vignettes featuring clowns, midgets, giants, and an assortment of odd-looking creatures who provided us with some much-needed comic relief. I especially liked one rather tall clown who managed to pull birds, flowers, and various other objects out of thin air. When one of the women shouted her appreciation of these magic tricks, the clown presented her with a newly produced bouquet.
I caught a glimpse of the clown in the polka dot costume again. He was riding a tricycle in circles around the stage and held a whip in his right hand, lashing out at any of his unfortunate associates who happened to be in his way. I saw him look in my direction several times and could have sworn that at one point he actually mouthed the words "fuck you" at me as he grinned evilly. He rode the bike out onto the lawn and made as if he was going to head straight toward me. I held my pocketbook up high ready to strike the little bastard as he rode by, but he veered away before approaching our section. There was something vaguely familiar about him, but I couldn't figure out what it was.
"Pretty impressive orgasms on those guys, wouldn't you say?" Rebecca said suddenly.
"I was thinking the same thing," I replied. "The lion man, too."
"What are you two talking about?" Bonnie inquired.
"We're discussing the amount of sperm we've seen here tonight," I said. "Either these guys are exceptionally talented, or they're being helped along via some artificial means."
"Such as?"
"Such as some kind of fertility drug." I replied.
"What fertility drug?"
I didn't mean to but I shot her an accusatory look.
"Oh, no," she said, interpreting my intent. "Are you insinuating that I had something to do with it?"
"I don't know. Did you?"
"Of course not!" she replied offended. "You gave me two tablets...
two
, that's all. And you know where both of them went so don't even dare to accuse me."
"And don't look at me Christiana," Rebecca quickly added. "The only thing I take blame for is the videotape, nothing more."
"Am I the only one who thinks these cumshots are outrageous?" I said unconvinced.
"Nope," Michelle said, "I think they're outrageous too."
Alice popped her head in between Rebecca and me. "There's only one guy I know of who can cum that much and his name is Peter something or other and he's a porno star."
"Yeah, he shoots buckets," Patti Ann noted between sips of her beer.
I looked at Bonnie trying to discern any vulnerability behind her seemingly placid expression. "Doesn't it seem strange to you that these guys are all capable of such fantastic orgasms?"
"I haven't seen anything here tonight that can even come close to what your subjects produced during your experiment, so you can kiss that theory goodbye sis."
"They may not have shot as much sperm that's true," Michelle chimed in, "but it's just not possible for a normal man to cum like that."
"Not unless he's like that guy Peter," Alice said.
"Oh, will you shut up about him!" Patti Ann replied.
"No, you shut up you shit-faced little bitch!"
Bonnie turned to face them. "Please! You're screaming right in my ears!"
I thought Alice was going to make a retort, but she went back to munching on her popcorn while Patti Ann took another swig of beer, both refusing to look at one another.
"Okay, Christiana," Michelle began, "let's say this guy Peter that Alice keeps talking about can shoot really huge loads. He's got to be one man among millionsโa freak. The probability of there being three men who can perform such a stunt and be in the same place at the same time is extremely unlikely. I'm not accusing anyone here, but my guess is that these guys got a hold of your drug somehow."
"That's not possible, "I said defensively. "There were only two tablets that went out of the Clinic and I gave them both to Bonnie. The remainder of the drug is safely locked away."
Michelle frowned. "Have you ever considered that you may have a disgruntled person in your employ? Someone who has it in for you?"
"Oh, come on Michelle," I replied with some agitation. "There are many people who don't see eye to eye with my way of doing things. But that doesn't mean they're ripping me off."
"It's not beyond possibility, Christiana," she replied, frankly. "Present company excluded, of course."
Bonnie shot both Michelle and I a disconcerting look. "You know what I think? I think you two are ruining my birthday with all this talk about EJAX-472. Can you both just let it go for today? Please? For my sake?"
She issued her request with such earnestness that both Michelle and I were reduced to silence. Yet again I had managed to spread discord in the face of what should have been a happy eventโand once again EJAX-472 was at the center of it.