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I squinted my eyes at him.
“Nicholas Joseph Soba, do not try to pull the wool over my eyes. Even though we haven’t exactly talked about our body counts, you are… well, you’reyou!”
He grinned at me, “And what doesthatmean,” he asked as he leaned forward, wanting a kiss.
“It means that you are the whole package, including the fuck-boy package and every other person’s wet dream. You could probably have any girl, or guy, you wanted. So I find it hard to believe that you didn’t at least indulge some… especially hangingout with Nic and Nik after the way you described them and the stories that were told at dinner.”
“Ehh,” he brushed it off.
“And what does that mean?”
“It just means that I’ve only ever had eyes for you, and that life before you doesn’t really matter.”
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NICK SOBA
Trickie Nickies
The Love Machine:
We might have a problem.
WTF does that mean?
The Holy One:
The Love Machine:
Yeah, like… big problem.
Iwasn’t dealing with this bullshit. I three-way FaceTimed Nic and Nik right away instead of doing this texting shit.
“You cannot just text something like that you jackass. What did you do now? Did Valentina kick your ass to the curb or something?”
Nic ran a hand down his face, looking pretty haggard.
“Nah man, this might be worse. Val I can deal with… for the most part. But this,fuck! This shit show might get really bad. Likerealbad.”
Papas having had enough of this cloak and dagger shit huffed out a sigh and said, “Out with it already! What the fuck did you do now?”
I felt Loving’s eyes on me. “Nik, this doesn’t affect you, but Soba… fuck man, I’m so sorry. You might get hit with some of the shrapnel from this.”
Nic then proceeded to fill us in on his sexual proclivities while he’s been in Houston, before getting involved with Valentina that is. He filled us in on the sex club he joined once he got there, a few of the people he had gotten involved with at the club - specifically one chick who turned out to not only be a freak in the sheets, but fucked in the head.
The girl had become unhinged when she got a taste of Loving and let’s just say she not only wanted seconds and thirds, but she wanted all of him.
He then told us how this now-disgruntled chick had reacted when he tried to let her down gently - and the consequent fall-out.
That’s where I came in.
Apparently, despite the NDAs that every club member has to sign in the club in Houston as well as Club Wanton, our old club in Arkansas, people still run their fucking mouths. And that’s where we were now: dealing with the fallout of someone running their mouth to the media.
Loving had gotten a heads up enough to know that it was not just his name that was potentially going to be outed - but mine too.
Fuuuuuck!
“I’m so sorry, Nick. I never thought that me trying to let this chick down would end with this fucking clusterfuck of asituation. I had thought those NDAs would protect us. And Ineverexpected for them to dig so far back, digging up shit all the way from Arkansas and getting intel from Club Wanton. But that’s where, apparently, they found your name.”
