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home. As she settled down again, Julie looked around Faith and pinned Serena with her stare.
    “I’m still waiting to hear all the juicy details I missed out on the other day.”
    “You mean you haven’t bludgeoned poor Faith to death for the dirt yet?”
    Julie snorted. “She may look sweet, but she’s like a frickin’ bulldog when it comes to being stubborn. She informed me that it was your story to tell, not hers.”
    “Why, thank you, Faith,” Serena said sweetly. “I appreciate that.”
    “Shhh, Micah is up to bat.”
    “Oh for the love of God,” Julie said as she got up to move to Serena’s other side. “Faith, honey, we don’t actually come here to watch the game . We come to gossip and ogle.”
    She settled down beside Serena and flipped her brown hair over her shoulder. “Now, dish, Serena, and don’t leave anything out or I swear I will retaliate and the results won’t be pretty.”
    “You’re totally not going to let me enjoy the scenery, are you?” Serena said with a disgusted sigh.
    “You can watch them and talk at the same time.”
    Serena rolled her eyes then leaned in, and in low tones, related the conversation she’d had with Faith and her subsequent meeting with Damon.
    “Holy shit,” Julie breathed. “Now that’s what I call a shocker.”
    “I’m not sure I like where you’re going with this,” Serena said in a dry voice.
    “I get the fantasy bits, but Serena, a sex slave ?” Julie asked in disbelief.
    “Shhh!” Serena hissed. “For Pete’s sake, I’d rather the entire greater Houston area not know about this.”
    “You’re really going to do it?” Julie asked in a lower tone.
    Serena paused for a minute then turned to her friend. “Yeah, I think I am.”
    “Wow. You’ve got balls, girlfriend. My hat is totally off to you. I’m such a chicken shit. I can’t even work up the nerve to ask Nathan out, and here you are taking on your darkest fantasies.”
    There was a rueful gleam in Julie’s brown eyes. Admiration shadowed her expression and a tiny bit of envy as well.
    “If I can discuss sexual slavery over lunch with a guy who looks like the cover model for GQ , then I think you should at least have the guts to ask Nathan out,” Serena said.
    “ GQ , huh. This is Faith’s friend, right?” Julie glanced sideways at Faith who kept her lips pressed tightly together although her eyes glittered with laughter. “I think she’s been holding out on us, Serena. Not only does she work with a horde of hot guys, but now she’s cultivating friendships with hot sex club owners?”
    Faith heaved an exaggerated sigh. Then she leaped to her feet as Gray ran home.
    “Girl needs to learn to share,” Julie grumbled.
    “Hey, I hand-delivered Nathan to you. What more do you want?” Faith demanded as she plopped back down beside Serena.
    “She’s got you there, Julie,” Serena pointed out. “She took him to you when he wanted to get his ear pierced and you got him hooked on those massages.”
    Julie sighed unhappily.
    “Bet if you showed up naked to massage him, he’d notice you,” Faith offered.
    “Make him roll over,” Serena said with a snicker.
    “He’s not a damn dog,” Julie said darkly.
    Faith muttered a curse when one of their guys got thrown out at first, ending the inning. Then she turned to Serena, her expression serious.
    “Are you sure you know what you’re getting into, Serena? I mean, have you thought this through?”
    Serena inhaled sharply then nodded. “Yeah, this is something I want to do. And hey, it’s not like I’m making a major life change. It’s a temporary fantasy. If I hate it, I’ll just put an end to it early and go dream up something different.”
    “I trust Damon,” Faith said. “He’ll take good care of you, I know it.”
    “Just how is it that you know Damon anyway?” Julie interjected. “Seems like that has to be a juicy story.”
    Faith blushed and glanced down at her hands. “Let’s just say I had some