Page 109 of The Sinner: James

“Mm-hmm.”

“Have you, um… had one?”

Her eyes twinkle with mischief.

“It’s not a scoop of ice cream.”

“So what is it?” she asks, smiling.

“It’s them... with one woman,” I say, having a hard time swallowing the last bit of cookie.

“You mean as in... fucking the same woman?”

“Yup.”

“At the same time?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Holy fuck. Are you kidding me?”

“No.”

“How do you know?”

She looks straight at me. I avert my eyes.

“It came up in a discussion...” I say.

I dust off the crumbs from my fingers and sip coffee before I raise my eyes.

Her face beams with curiosity.

“And?”

“And nothing.”

“He doesn’t want it,” she says.

“Who?”

“James.”

“Yeah… He doesn’t want it. What about me? Aren’t you curious if I want it?”

“Who wouldn’t want it? With them? Are you serious?”

A small laugh falls from my lips.

“You have a boyfriend, Eve.”

“That doesn’t mean I can’t dream about it.”

“You’re such a big mouth. Reality is different.”

“I bet it is. It’s much better, I suppose.”

We both chuckle.

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