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this the most incriminating thing on your computer?"
    "Is this the most incriminating on yours?"
    "No, but it's a lot more embarrassing than Victoria's Secret."
    "I can't help it. It's what I was looking at when I got your email."
    "You said you were researching your next adventure."
    "Don't you think some of those women would be a grand adventure? Imagine, climbing some of those peaks."
    I began to blush again. "Josie!"
    "Are you a prude, Sable?"
    "No, I'm not a prude." I knew she was teasing me, and while a part of me was deeply embarrassed, a much larger part of me loved it. "Robbed, Josie. I was robbed."
    "Oh, this one looks interesting," she said. I heard clicking, and then she began reading the description. Out loud.
    "Oh, god," I muttered.
    "That does sound lovely," Josie said. "I think I'm buying it." I heard more clicking. "Hang on, Dear, I have to get my credit card."
    "Wait," I said.
    "But I need my credit card. If I order in the next twenty-three minutes, it'll arrive on Monday."
    "Don't get that one," I said quietly.
    "Excuse me."
    "Trust me. Don't get that one."
    "But it's already in my cart."
    "So take it out of your cart and put it back on the shelf."
    "But what should I get instead?"
    Again, I knew she was teasing me. Or thought she was, anyway.
    "Are you serious?" I asked in a soft voice.
    "Of course, Dear."
    "You're not just teasing me."
    "Of course I'm teasing you, but I really was going to buy it."
    I sighed. "You owe me."
    "I offered to make you dinner."
    "You owe me more than dinner." I leaned down to my computer, went to the same site, poked through it for a minute, then emailed her another link. "There. That one's good."
    There was a pause, then more clicking, and then Josie's voice, sounding skeptical. "Are you sure?"
    "Trust me, Josie," I said. "That's the one."
    "I trust you," she said. "Give me a minute, Dear. I have to get my purse. I used to have my credit card memorized, but I just received a new one, and I don't remember the security code yet."
    I heard her set her phone down. I waited patiently but then clicked on the link from her email, landing on the Victoria's Secret site. I wondered whether this was the opportunity to do a little shopping for myself.
    I heard Josie return, more clicking, and then she picked up the phone. "There. I made it."
    "You owe me, Josie."
    She chuckled. "Very well. Just a moment." There was more typing, then a pause. "Sable, I'll send you something a whole lot better than Victoria's Secret, but if I do, then you have to promise to do something I ask."
    "What's that?"
    "I'm not telling you yet, but it will only take a few minutes."
    I considered carefully. "You're not going to ask me to sext you or something, are you?"
    "I don't even know what that is, Dear."
    "Take a picture of my lady bits and send it to you."
    She laughed. "Good heavens, no. If I want pictures of your lady bits, I want to be the one to take them myself."
    "Josie!" I screeched. She only chuckled.
    "So. Promise, and I'll send something you'll love ." I hesitated, not answering. She gave me a little time then asked, "Do you trust me? Trust begins somewhere, Dear."
    "All right," I said. "Sure."
    I heard her hit one key on her computer. I began clicking madly, waiting for her email to arrive. When it did, I opened it and immediately clicked on the link.
    I watched as the web site loaded. It took me a minute to realize where she'd sent me.
    "Lesbian erotica?"
    "Uh huh. Better than Victoria's Secret?"
    "Oh yeah," I said.
    "Click on the one titled Always and Forever ."
    I searched the list of titles and then clicked through to the one she'd suggested.
    "Now, read it to me."
    "What?"
    "You promised, Sable."
    "You want me to read this story to you?"
    "It's not very long. It will only take a few minutes." I hesitated, and she repeated, "You promised."
    "I suppose I did." I took a breath and began reading.
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    Josie was silent the entire time. I reached the end of the story, and a moment later, she