I am Baaack! Part 11

"I'm interested in men, Joan," interrupted Rose. "Adain saw to that. ('A little truth never hurts,' she thought.) I'm looking forward to trying their equipment through the front door, so to speak." She grinned. "I may just recruit that boyfriend of Robbie's, what was his name? Steve? Yes, that's it, Steve. I may just 'encourage' Steve to take my new virginity. Robbie won't have any use for him after we finish her.training." Rose made sure that Joan caught the wicked look exchanged between her and Salielah.

Joan jerked her mind away from the cashbox for a moment. 'Must be civilized,' she thought, as she reached for the bottle of Jack. "Care for a drink?"

Salielah nodded. "My drink of choice, Joan." She watched as Joan poured the amber liquid. She was having fun. She knew Joan was a dangerous opponent and not to be underestimated, but, damn! It felt just like she was in one of those film noir detective films with Bogey and Becal that their father used to have flown in for them. Picking up the glass, she knocked back the shot in one swift motion, and held out the glass for a refill. "How much?"

Joan did some quick calculations while she poured. She certainly wouldn't have to split with Lou and Ed this time, and Salielah was eager. Rose had brought 4,500,000, so she could easily charge that, and Salielah would pay it. On the other hand, she had come to the conclusion that it would be both good business and good for her to have these two as girlfriends. She certainly didn't want them as enemies; each by herself could be as nasty as she had been.

'Could be? Had been?' She thought about her tenses. Maybe it was time for a change; maybe she NEEDED these two as girlfriends. She made her decision. "Look, Salielah - you, too, Rose - I've never had any close friends; I'd like to be yours, both of yours, if you'll have me. It seems we have a lot in common. Salielah, I like Robbie; I'll let you have her for the cost of the SRS surgery, if you'll guarantee that she has the same good treatment you gave Rose. I'd also like to see you woo her a little; I'd like her to go voluntarily, if at all possible."