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Elodie freezes I have no idea how long we’ve been lying here It could be minutes Hours? Days? Okay, I’m sure it’s not days, but it’s been a while I think I’m so blissed out that my brain is basically shut off, and any functionality of any parts of my body after the sex-fest we just had is quite hard No pun intended She turns her big blue eyes to me, eyes so deep and blue and still so dilated that it ain

“No,” she whispers “What was it?”

“The lock Downstairs I swear I…”

That’s as far as I go before I hear voices flooding downstairs, drifting up along the stairs like insidious snored My faency And they’re here Toren, Ash, Kirian, Leandra, Ellis, Luna, and Lindy, I recognize them all It’s not just a flood It’s a torrent of irlfriends, and fiancées

“Oh god” I pull the sheet up over my face, but Elodie rips it away in horror

“The door isn’t locked! They could come in here and…and…”

“Oh, they’ll be downstairs They’re here for a faht cake That will keep theure out how to sneak away and lick it without the others noticing”

“But your granny isn’t here Doesn’t she have to be involved for the cake licking to truly be at its best? If she’s not here to swat theht only be half as much fun”

“Are you sure about that?”

“The fun or the cake part?”

“The part abouthere”

Maybe we all have a Granny curse, where if we speak about her, she appears Because suddenly, I hear the door open and close and then her cackly laugh and loud exclaet the party started, bitches”

“Good heavens,” Elodie exclaims This time, she tries to pull the sheet over her face

“More like good Granny Or good faranny, bad family It depends on how you look at it I don’t know if this is a glass half full or eiven that they’re all likely here to try and talk us into the curse Granny obviously did exactly e told her not to do She got everyone together, told them all about the curse, and that you’re here In NOLA”