want—the dirty details,” she joked.
“I’ll have to think about it,” she said. “Is Crystal in the back?”
Bonita nodded. “She took a late client.”
Alisa wondered how many late clients she had refused over the past month. Had Crystal’s defection been more about Alisa holding Crystal back? She turned her attention back to Bonita. “Will you please tell her I stopped by? I think I’ll head home to do some research.”
“Sure thing.”
“Thanks, Bonita.”
As she drove home, she worried that the SoloPlay job was just a convenient way for Crystal to get rid of her. Maybe Crystal had gotten bored and was trying to let her down easily. For a moment she gave in to the pity and her eyes began to water, but as she pulled into her apartment parking lot she realized she was being silly. Crystal had reassured her several times this morning that they would still be friends. Good friends, which, if Alisa was honest, was enough for her. She parked the car. Crystal was right—it was time to move on.
She got out of the car and locked it, wondering if SoloPlay was the right move for her to make. She didn’t have to do it just because Crystal had signed her up. She unlocked her apartment, dropped her purse on the couch and sat down at her desk to make a list of pros and cons. When she was finished, she got the business card out of her purse and typed the SoloPlay website address into her browser. She explored the application process Crystal had so helpfully completed for her. After carefully reading the FAQ and the Privacy Policy, every item on her con list had been eliminated, which left her with the pro side—free sex toys and a paycheck.
She had to admit the idea of being the first one to try something new was intriguing. The SoloPlay products she had seen so far were impressive, but other companies sold similar items. Curiosity hummed to life inside her and she decided she didn’t have anything to lose by giving it a try, at least once.
What exactly did Mr. Mark Winters have in mind?
Chapter Five
Her question was answered two weeks later when Crystal texted her early in the day to let her know her first SoloPlay item had been delivered to the shop. She and Crystal had stayed in touch with frequent calls and texts and even had dinner a few times since the morning of their breakup. There was no awkwardness between them and her friendships with the Come Again girls continued to grow. Alisa hurried to the shop after work and found Destiny at the counter.
“I hear you’re moonlighting.” Destiny greeted her with a sly smile. She reached under the counter and came up with a medium-sized brown box. It had her name on it in Crystal’s handwriting.
Alisa nodded. “I don’t really know what to expect.”
“Orgasms, I would imagine.” The other woman’s matter-of-fact expression made her laugh. “Crystal will be back in a minute if you want to wait for her. She went down the street to get coffee.”
“I think I’ll head on home,” Alisa replied, tucking the box under her arm.
Destiny gave her a wicked grin. “Can’t say I blame you. Have a good night.”
Alisa grinned back. “Tell Crystal I’ll call her later.”
“Sure thing.”
When Alisa got home, she dropped her purse on the dining room table, wrestled the tape from the top of the box and pried the flaps open. She lifted out the protective packaging and set the paperwork aside. She swallowed hard.
It was big.
A tingle started between her thighs as she examined the hot-pink double dildo. She lifted it from the box and removed the tag, discovering a complicated-looking harness and a single-use tube of lubricant in the bottom of the box. She choked back a nervous giggle and took a deep breath. She was going to have to read the directions.
Alisa carried the dildo to the sink and washed it thoroughly before returning to the table. After a few minutes spent perusing the diagrams, she realized it wasn’t as complicated as it looked. She