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Sharah leaned across the table "Nerissa’s counseling is helping At least Hyto didn’t infect her with any disease"

"My sister’s a rock, though Hyto alh"

I couldn’t forgive our father, though, for not standing up for her after he knehat had happened That he’d sat in our living rooon had put her through, and then chosen to leave, had hardened hter, kidnapped and raped, and he walked away Our cousin Shao home and confront him about it We persuaded hi he was so pissed that he ers on the table in time to the music as the others returned from the dance floor

"Did you want to dance?" Menolly asked

She shook her head "Not the best idea Stomach’s queasy"

Sharah handed her a packet of saltines "Here, these will help"

Iris munched on thelittered as she ht gifts fro at Cae of the party, s I’d decided ere going to entertain Iris to the ri as Delilah’s yowls can be We have to" Menolly’s eyes were pale as frost, but she srin "Come on"

A path opened in front of our table to reveal the stage and a karaoke et you for this" Cae

"Hey, Menolly’s not co! You and I are pathetic…well… around in front of us, striking a pose with legs spread and both hands around the microphone Caers The music swept in, and, with a deep breath, we dove into our rendition of "We Are Fa our h, and the croild, laughing with us and clapping along We spun and twisted to the h Careat in the vocal depart We’d been practicing in secret for over a week now, and though eren’t polished, ere doing a pretty good job keeping a beat to thethe microphone with her, and danced her way over to Iris Gently lifting the sprite onto her shoulder, with another leap she e, where she set Iris down and we surrounded her, singing as she clapped and swayed to the e, "for the bride," and by the time we finished, jazz hands and all, we’d collected seventy-five bucks and a couple rounds of free drinks, which put an end to Careat," Iris said as we headed back to the table "And thank you Presents now?"

I laughed, a little too loud, and burped How ed to put away? I counted--there were only four glasses in front of me, but the Demented Zombie was one hell of a drink and packed a punch I wasn’t sure as in it, but it was better than catnip

I glanced around I’d arranged for so and--and…there he was The guy was fine, gorgeous, with dark hair to his shoulders Even beneath his policeman’s outfit, it was obvious that he was ripped I motioned to him and he sidled over to the table The music dimmed and everyone around us turned to watch

"Are you Iris Kuusi?" His voice was sainst hilistened "Yes…?"

"Iris Kuusi, you have the right to screaht to let me arouse you--" And with that, he motioned to someone at the counter, and Aan toup to the beat in perfect rhythm with the rapper even as he--woo-hoo! There went the jacket, tossed on the ground near him As he slid his hands to the cuffs of his shirt, he jerked and the shirt landed in Iris’s lap Glea muscles flexed as he clasped his hands behind his head and swiveled his hips in a move that put Elvis the Pelvis to sha softly "Just…Wow…"

"Wow is right" I felt a little glassy-eyed ht he would and his dance was just…well…the way heabout a different kind of bu at hi at the crowd, but Nerissa, Sharah, and Iris were all fixated on the dancer He slid his hips frorabbed hold of the waistband and--just like that--the pants flew off and over to the side

Now in a tight G-string leaving nothing to the i down the sides and in front, he began to gyrate toward Iris, whose eyes had gone i toward her

I was staring, too, but suddenly realized that e Boy, that fringe looked like it would be fun to play with--to bat around, to yank on, to chew on…to…

Before I could stop ht at the table A few screahter None of it s--those glorious strings, all dangling and fluttering, calling rab one and have my ith it

"Delilah! No!" Cae was too pretty and too dangly The next thing I knew, I’d sideswiped Stripper Boy’s thigh and was hanging froe inon it

"What the fuck? Where’d the cat couy suddenly didn’t sound quite as thrilled as I felt As he tried to pull away, I yanked harder

Menolly put her arms around e was going to come with me--it was my toy, damn it--I held on for dear life

Riiiippppppp…and the G-string gave way Triued banana halanced up at Menolly, waiting for irl I was

The stripper, trying to get away froed to catch hi penis that now hung free as a bird, hovering inches away froht from my cat’s fuzzy brain--but then as she opened her h and, the next oodies