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kidding? That a hell yes!”
    “Cool.” She stood. “Let’s see about getting us a
flight so you can hurry back to win Ms. Indy over.”
    ****
    Business took up much of Indy’s time. When she
wasn’t working, she did her best to keep occupied, keep busy, so she didn’t
have to think about Reno. He’d sent her a text message the night of the
barbecue at his parents’ place.
    Off
to NY with Jenna. Will talk when I get bk .
    She didn’t know what it meant, and she didn’t try to
analyze it. She’d only lose her mind. Instead, she recruited Arden to accompany
her to the gym. Ear buds in, she listened to some Coldplay while running the
treadmill, Arden next to her doing the same. Since Arden had begun her party
planning business, the two hardly ever saw each other, so Indy cherished the
time they did spend hanging and shooting the shit.
    Times like those were when she needed her friend
most, and fortunately, Arden seemed to know what she needed, keeping her
company and talking her ear off about everything and nothing in particular.
    Indy ran the treadmill until she was bathed in
sweat, until she couldn’t feel her legs. Only then did she get off. She waited
for Arden to finish up, and then the two walked to the showers. In there, she
and Arden shared the tiny shower, nothing they hadn’t done before, even
scrubbing each other’s back. Arden held her tongue until they were getting
dressed.
    “What’s going on with Reno?”
    Indy shrugged as she pulled her T-shirt over her
head. “How should I know?” She didn’t meet Arden’s eyes, choosing to keep her
gaze on the shorts she held in her hand.
    “You should know since you’ve got so much feels for
the young’un.” Arden chuckled to herself.
    “Can we not talk about this?”
    “Depends.” Clad
in her bra and underwear, Arden straddled the bench. “What happened?”
    “Oh, nothing much.” Indy
buttoned her shorts. “I went over to his house, got some food, outed him to the girlfriend, and then I got a text from him
saying they’re off to New York.”
    Arden’s eyes widened with every word. She held up a
hand. “Back up to the outed him part. I though you
said she wasn’t his girlfriend?”
    “That’s what he said, but then I go over there and
she’s holding his hand and giving me the evil eye.”
    “You were jealous.”
    Indy laughed. “No.” She was not.
    “Oh, please.” Arden waved away her denial. “You
totally were jealous, which was probably why Blondie did it. To get you all
riled up enough to make a move.”
    Well, if that were true, the plan failed.
    “Did you?” Arden asked.
    “Did I what?”
    “Make a move, bitch. Did you make a move?”
    “No.” She’d hightailed it
out of there instead.
    “Well, that was a wasted opportunity,” Arden said.
“But you’re gonna make one soon, right?”
    Not
so much .
“I don’t know. He went off to New York with her. And what does he mean we’ll
talk when he gets back? I don’t understand.” She grunted in frustration. “Hell,
I don’t even know when he’s coming back.”
    “He’ll be back, though, so that’s something.”
    Indy didn’t know, and she didn’t want to hope.
    Arden slapped her thigh. “You need to look on the
bright side.” She winked. “And I think I have just the thing to cheer you up.”
    “Eh, I’m open to anything.”
    “That’s what I’m hoping.” Arden got serious
suddenly. “I know you’ve got your kinks, so Cam and I were wondering if you’d
like to indulge in some of those with us.”
    Indy squinted at her friend. “How?
’ Cause you know I’m not one to dabble in fish.” She liked women well
enough. She just didn’t want to fuck ’ em .
    Arden giggled. “No, bitch. We want you to watch.”
    Indy perked. “Tell me more.” She did have a thing
for voyeurism and exhibitionism. With Reno they’d dabbled in voyeurism, but
since they weren’t public they’d forgone the exhibition part.
    “Cam and I, you know how freaky we get.”