Chapter 70

I was used to Jess liking to keep an air of mystery about things, so I complied. I opened the door to the back patio and walked outside. It was a warm but pleasant day, and the sun was bright.

"Well, well," I said as I approached the pool. "The carpet does match the drape."

Julie laughed, expelling a large lungful of weed smoke as she did.

"Welcome home!" she said happily. "Nikki made me do it. We have a bit of a femdom thing going on."

"So I’ve heard," I said, smiling at her. "You look good."

"I feel good," she said. "But I always feel good." She giggled in a girlish way.

"How’s tricks?" I asked.

"I’m turning a lot of them," she said, deadpan. We laughed. "Seriously, I have become someone I never knew I could be. It’s the person I’ve always wanted to be and just didn’t know it."

I paused. That was a weighty answer.

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