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reached for Jovan to cosign on that.
    Jovan didn’t agree, but he didn’t want to leave his brother hanging.  He gave him a high-five.
    “Fuck that,” Jesse stated.  He took a swig of his beer and leaned back, shaking his head.  “Viv has a closet full of guns.  I wouldn’t fuck around on her.  Might end up catching something worse than an STD – and yeah, I’m talking about a bullet !”
    Everyone at the table laughed at that, except Jovan.  For him, the comment hit a little close to home.
    “Well, I don’t know about y’all, but I’m trying to get my dick wet before we head home,” Luke reported.
    That was news to his brother.  “Man, get out of here,” Jovan replied.
    “Nah, for real.”  Luke was animated.  “We in Vegas, baby!  Everything’s legal over here.”
    “It may be legal, but it won’t save you from getting a divorce,” Morris informed him.  “I know Cathy didn’t give your ass a green light.  It’s not even your bachelor party!”
    “I don’t need a green light,” Luke told them.  “I’m careful with mines.”  He rubbed his hands together.  “The only way Cathy will find out what happened here is if one of you motherfuckers tells her.  And I know I ain’t hanging with no snitches.”
    Luke looked around the table, waiting for someone to contradict him.  But his statement was correct.  Jovan wouldn’t rat on his brother, and Morris had been their friend for more than 25 years.  He wouldn’t break his confidence, either.  The only person at the table Luke didn’t know very well was Jesse.  But that was fine, because Jesse didn’t know his wife.
    “Nigga, you tripping,” Jovan said, as he always did when his brother spoke on his adulterous fantasies.  Jovan loved his sister-in-law dearly.  He never wanted to see Cathy’s world ripped apart simply because his little brother wanted to take a dip in some new-new .
    “Nah, man,” Luke said.  “I been wanting to get out here for a minute.  Legal prostitution .  I gotta see what that looks like.”
    Jovan’s brow furrowed as he watched him.  He hoped he would let it go, but it sounded like Luke was serious.
    “You wanna see what legal prostitution looks like?” Morris asked.  “Hell, man, just look around.  It looks exactly like what you see.  Damned near half the women in here are hookers.”
    Luke’s eyes widened.  “No shit?”
    “The fine ones are,” Morris told him.  “Anybody you see under the age of thirty, showing off half their ass, is probably a hoe.  If you got the cash, they’ll follow you up to your room.”
    “Don’t tell him that,” Jovan said, but he was too late.  Luke was looking around the room with wolfish eyes.
    “You don’t say…”
    “Let’s take a walk,” Jovan suggested, rising to his feet.  “We can look together.”
    “That’s what I’m talking about,” Luke said as he rose from his seat.
    “We’ll be back in a minute,” Jovan told the others.
    Morris shrugged.  “Take your time.  We’re probably gonna check out the casino...”
     
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    Jovan tried to hold his tongue as he and his brother strolled through the hotel lobby.  For them, this was supposed to be a pleasant vacation.  They were there to support and celebrate with Morris.  Jovan didn’t want to argue, but he felt he had to intervene before Luke made another boneheaded decision.
    “You’re not gonna cheat on Cathy while we’re down here.”
    Luke took a break from looking for his next conquest and met his brother’s eyes.
    “Why it sound like you’re giving me an order?”
    “You’re a grown man,” Jovan stated.  “I’m not giving you an order.  This is sound advice.”
    “We’re in the land of tits and ass, and you’re telling me to keep my pants on?”  He snorted.  “But you get to have all the fun you want, huh?”
    “I’m not the one who got married,” Jovan reminded him.  “You think the grass is greener on my side, but