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reached across the table then to grab onto both our hands, and squeeze. “You girls are in college now; you've grown up right before our eyes into amazing women. All we want is to spend some quality time with you before you find your own prince charmings and leave us.”
    The tears started flowing. They’d won.
    “ I love you, Mom,” Courtney and I whispered together.
    “ We know, babies, and we love you, too. All we ask is that you consider this; think it through before turning us down. I… we don’t want to change you. You both couldn’t be any more perfect in our eyes.”
    “ Okay,” I spoke through the lump forming in my throat.
    “ Okay?” Kim repeated in question.
    “ Yeah, let’s do this thing. But—” Court began only to be interrupted by her mom.
    “W hy is there always a ‘but’?”
    “ Because I have stipulations,” Courtney replied, her fingers still wiping the falling tears from her cheeks.
    “ We,” I added in a no-nonsense tone, “will consent.”
    They smiled wide and wiggled a bit in their seats.
    “But,” I pointed toward them, “we have the rights to veto if you two take it too far.” The matriarchs agreed, albeit with some reluctance. “No drastic changes of any kind.”
    Kimberly opened her mouth to refute , but Court knew her too well and steamrolled right over her attempts.
    “ At the end of the day, we want to look like ourselves, not you. Agree, and we will attend the monthly dates.”
    “ Three,” Mom countered.
    “ One.” I stood strong.
    “ Two?” Kim tried.
    “ Fine.” The entire negotiation scene between us made the older woman the next table over laugh.
    “ We agree to your terms, but—” That ‘but’ scares me, Mom. “The first mother-daughter date will be in four days. A full day where we will be pampered from head-to-toe.”
    “ You already had this planned, didn’t you?” Of course she had. I looked over at my best friend and she looked just as amazed as I felt. We’d fallen for the mother/daughter love of my life bullshit again.
    There was never a doubt on how much they loved us, but Jesus. We fell for it completely.
    “Of course,” Mom said with a giggle. “And the guy I found for you is perfect. Camden Daniels is known for working with athletes, and from what I heard, he has magical hands. You will thank me after.” The mischief behind her eyes should have alerted me to how fucked I would be.
    What ha d I just agreed to?
     

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    “You’re late.” Jennifer greeted us wit h a tray of Jell-O shots in her hand, the multi-flavoured little offerings making my mouth water.
    “Blame that one .” I pointed at Steph, and then took one of the tiny cups with the delicious concoction inside. It tasted so good. The liquor slid down my throat and I moaned out a low, “Fuck.”
    “Been a while, Mandi?”
    I quirked my brow at Steph.
    “ Since, you know, you’ve been fucked?” She answered my silent question.
    I rolled my eyes at her. “You know it has! Way too long.”
    They all knew it had been. It’d taken me two years to find myself after he left. Hunter was all I knew.
    T ogether since middle school, I’d loved him fiercely but that hadn’t been enough for him. He’d wanted to taste what the world had to offer, and that hurt more than anything. His words had made me feel small, like I wasn’t enough. 
    I was ready to feel that kind of connection again. Not a relationship with all the feelings attached, no. What I yearned for was a man’s touch. To be taken. Fucked. Worshipped.
    “Amen.”
    We all turned to look at Courtney.
    “What? It’s true.” She laughed.
    “Well…” This was new. Jennifer blushed and looked away.
    “Spill, bitch.” Grabbing her by the arm, I dragged her in to the living room and placed the tray of shots on her coffee table. “Did you get laid?”
    “When?” Steph demanded as we