"So do you," Luke said. Gabby blushed."Thank you," she said.Luke removed the towel from his shoulders and hung it across the handrail leading into the...tub. His arms were strong and muscular and his body was sharply toned."I- didn't bring a swimsuit," Gabby said. Luke smiled."Not required here," Luke said.Gabby opened her cloak and let it fall to the floor. She removed her plastic mask and dropped in onto her discarded cloak. She could feel Luke's gaze on her naked body. He smiled at her."Ladies. You never could stand competition." — are we doing this now, James, or do you want to eat first?" she asks. "You seem tetchy." I'm not hungry. Are you hungry?" Not particularly." So keep talking." Okay, I will. When Phil answered the door... He's Phil Quinberry, you know, the guy who managed all those bands in the eighties." She reels off a list of boy-band names. "I'm impressed, Clare. Quite a step up from the delivery boy."She can relax. There's fight in him yet. It's no fun kicking a man. "They got to know how many women we got Jackie, we named 'em off for 'em so they could get 'em all phones." I argued."Yeah, but they don't know who's fuckin who and they don't have any idea how good they look. How would they know you got two, and the best lookin two at that. The other three ain't but just a smidgen behind Shelly and Sarah, and I ain't complainin a bit about the trade, but they just don't know what kinda deal they are tryin to bid into. If you like Gloria's looks I'll just make. “True, but she’s not my girlfriend and I don’t expect her to be in the future,” I answered gently. “Anyway, I’ll see you Saturday morning.”“Cool!”We hung up, and I dialed the Spencers’ house. I talked to Melanie’s mom, and she teased me that I didn’t have to ask such a silly question, and that I was welcome to have a guest there if I wanted. I let her know I’d arrive around midnight. She said she’d be awake to let me in. I thanked her, and we hung up. Next I called Joyce and let her know that.