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a convenient place to come.”
    “You’ve got such a way with words.”
    “I know, honey. Now, getting back to the point …”
    “He’s already guessed that it was more than just a casual hook up for both of us. He’s still a little jealous about Cam having gone where no man had gone before, so I don’t want to rock the boat when they just made up.” We both sat there quietly for a minute, lost in our own thoughts, while Bruno chewed on a pair of my stockings.
    “He really said he was interested in me?” she asked finally.
    “Yeah! Last night when we were waiting, and he said he found you really attractive too.” She nodded her head silently. I knew she was thinking about it!
    “Does he have nice boy parts?” she asked after another minute of silent contemplation.
    “
That’s
what you want to know?! Does that matter so much?”
    “I already know that he’s cute and funny and smart! I even know what kind of food and books and music he likes,” she said defensively. “We had a lot of time to talk while we were staking out Braden’s crazy call girl ex-girlfriend for you.” Okay, she had a point there. He had nothing to be ashamed of anyway in that department.
    “He’s a healthy boy,” I replied. “Not quite as healthy as Braden, but Mother Nature was generous to the men of their line. Stamina and the ability to recover quickly also seem to run in their family. Both he and Braden are like Energizer Bunnies.”
    “Did you do it more than once?” she asked, sounding surprised.
    “Five times,” I answered, blushing a little with the memory of our one wild night together. In some ways I had actually lucked out as far as first-time experiences went. Even at nineteen Cam was good in bed. Must have been something in the genes.
    “
Five
times! Mary, Joseph and a fucking donkey! This was the first time you had sex? Did they carry you out of there on a stretcher?”
    “I was a bit sore the next day. I was too busy having an emotional breakdown to really notice much, though.”
    “You’ve had very interesting experiences,” she said, shaking her head again. “Come on Mrs. Pierce. We had better get going before your very healthy husband comes looking for you.”
    “That sounds so weird! I’ll have to get used to that.”
    “Is Braden acting any differently now that you’re engaged?”
    “Well, first of all, we’re not officially engaged. He wants to propose to me in a more romantic way.”
    “I can’t imagine why,” she said dryly.
    “Secondly, it’s been less than twenty-four hours, so it’s kind of early to tell.”
    I called Bruno who came scurrying over with a yip, and when I had him leashed again, we headed out. It happened again as soon as we cleared the front door! I looked around in confusion.
    “What’s the matter, honey?” she asked.
    “I have that weird feeling again, like somebody is watching me.”
    “Right now?” she asked, suddenly stopping and looking around frantically in every direction. She gave some folks some suspicious looks that probably made them think that
we
were stalking
them
. A little kid ran away from us. We weren’t really good at the whole spy game thing. We would probably have to work on subtlety a bit.
    “I don’t see anybody, Gabrielle. It’s probably just nerves because of everything that’s happened. Don’t worry about it.”
    “Yeah, I’m sure you’re right, but we should still mention and talk about it as a group this weekend,” I said as we headed back toward Rittenhouse Square.

CHAPTER THREE
    I had my own key now and I let us in to Braden’s apartment. Bruno went off to check things out as usual and I heard male voices from inside acknowledge our presence. The gang was all there. I hung up Bruno’s leash and headed toward the TV area behind Jess, who greeted everyone and sat down next to Cam with a smile. She was much cooler around guys she was attracted to than I had ever been.
    “Hi, Gabrielle! I understand that I dressed up like an