Chapter 200

And she did. Her nipples hardened against the fabric of her bikini. She drained her margarita fast and poured us another round. We finished those and took a break from the heat in the pool. Jess wrapped her legs around me and floated in the water, her arms around my neck.

"I really am sorry, John," she said. "I’ve been reckless."

I didn’t say anything immediately. I knew she had more to get off her chest.

"I’ve always been a little reckless," she said. "I have that edge to me. I mean, god, I lost my virginity in a threesome."

"You know, I don’t think I knew that," I said.

"Oh, I definitely told you," she said, teasing. "An Eiffel Tower with two football players on the first night of orientation at UH. And, just like that, the good Christian school girl went up in smoke."

"You’ve always reached for ambitious goals," I said. "I do remember that you had told me that.