The two of us worked a bit more on the back story, then she asked me to join her in the back yard for a little talk.“Pete, about the other night,”...she started, but I cut her off.“Holly, nothing happened the other night, just 4 friends...”“Shhh, I get what you’re saying. Now please, hear me out. This last weekend was amazing for me, and blew my mind in several ways. Now you know I’m not a slut, but I’m also not a virgin either. And you would not know this, but I have been wanting Keith bad since. Do... stuff?" He knew he was blushing, the fact that she looked like she was about to go into paroxysms of laughter wasn't helping. She swallowed and arranged her face in a serious expression."You know how I am, dear, tit for tat; literally in this case." He felt her foot caress the back of his calf as she went back to her work. He picked up his own pen and went back to reading his notes. He had been pretty sure of the answer before he even asked, but he still had to ask. He could always hope. Even if the brute made me clean up after my stupid dog.When we got home, Jack leaned down and undid Bozo's leash and took it into the garage. He pulled the unused paper towels out of his pocket and put them on the workbench."That was mean." What?" Making me clean up like that." Hey, I told you. If you were going to let those kids feed him a bunch of crap, you were going to clean it up. Just making you responsible for your actions, Dear."I stuck my tongue out at him. "I'll show you responsible.". " There was an older woman, about forty and displaying an impressive cleavage, serving behind the bar."Sorry to disappoint you, boss. I got a close look at her while she was getting my drink, she's trans, not cis, so she doesn't count. She's Sadie and she owns the place." Hence the name I suppose. Very original." Got it in one, boss." Danny switched to their internal link; this part of the conversation was not to be overheard. «You can check with the AI, Corp, but I don't think there are any.