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undertone, “You have no room to talk.” Brian blushed furiously. Jim continued, “The current contract states that Davey, that’s the potential sub, has to live with him for three months. Jake pays all the expenses and he sees if they rub along well together. Davey is also working for him but that’s a separate issue.” The subs started to talk over Jim.
    “People,” Jim said, tapping the table with a pencil. “A Dom has finally realized that our matchmaking skills are unparalleled and has asked us for help. Are we going to turn that challenge down?”
    “Oh Christ, here we go again,” Greg said. “I talked to Davey, with Cisco’s permission, to tell that kid that Jake wasn’t a serial killer. But nothing was said about our involvement with matchmaking. Cisco’s going to have a stroke this time.”
    “No he won’t. Reed is instructing the Doms even as we speak,” Jim said laughing.
    “So what is our role in this mess?” Brian bit into his scone.
    “Jake is bringing Davey, Davey Howell, to the club tomorrow night and wants our assessment. First, does Davey have a submissive personality? Second, could we show him the ropes and third which is my addition, not Jake’s, can the two of them fall in love? They have to be in love or our perfect record, seven for seven will be broken. If they can’t fall in love we have to make sure that no one signs a regular BDSM contract after the three months are up.” Jim looked at the expectant faces.
    “Brian, you should be able to see if he’s honest. Danny, since you work harder at your nursery than any of the rest of us, you can find out whether or not he’s a worker bee or a slouch. Johnny, you can tell if he’s after Jake’s money, that’s something that’s on your radar. Jamie, after what you and Bull went through, you never lost faith, you’re the one who has to decide if Davey could fall in love with Jake and has the perseverance to see it through if Jake doesn’t respond right away. Robbie, since you’ve worked with Jake more than the rest of us because of your own legal troubles, you can tell us if Jake could fall in love with Davey. Greg, you get to evaluate his personality to see if he is a sub and I get to snoop and find out what the other Doms think after they meet the kid.”
    “You seem to have this well organized,” Greg said with some sarcasm.
    “I do try,” Jim said and stuck his nose up in the air. The room cracked up. Eventually so did Greg.
    “Jake is staying at a suite in the Princeton Marriott like he does every weekend and that means a round of golf with the Masters and since they are all here they have two foursomes. That should take up the whole morning which gives us a window of opportunity to work with.”
    Brian interrupted, “We can take him out to look at cats on Saturday. Maybe we’ll get him one and see how Jake reacts.”
    “That’s a good idea, Brian. I can get a read on his personality by how much compassion he shows to the dogs and cats in the cages.” Greg sat with his elbow on the table and one hand under his chin. “That would really work well for my part of this experiment.”
    “Jake says he’s staying over until Monday so this Davey can go to a sub club meeting. I don’t know how I feel about someone foisted on us by a Dom,” Jim said with asperity.
    “Don’t worry about that. We’ll have it all figured out by Sunday,” Brian reassured him.
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    Indiscreet, Thursday Morning, Dom’s dining room
    “Why did we have to come down here? They’ll see us,” Bull grumbled. “I can’t tell Jamie not to plot if I’m doing the same thing.”
    Reed spoke, “The kitchen is bringing in coffee and scones. We had to come down here because the group is too big for my office. The sub’s room is located on the other side of the building. We know they’re plotting, Jake asked them to, damn him. Worst of all, they know we’re involved this time. They don’t exactly know that we’re going to interfere,