Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Jenna Galicki Read Free Book Online Page A

“‘Landed safe.  Heading to press conference then dinner.  Talk later.’  Damien could have sent that to his sister.”
    “Damien has a sister?”
    “No.”  Alyssa rolled her eyes.  “You know what I mean.  So what do you want to do tonight?  It’ll be our first night out without the boys.”
    Jessi wanted to wait for Tommy’s call, but she knew she couldn’t spend the next 30 days staring at her phone hoping it would ring.  “I’m supposed to be studying and making a checklist of all the things that still need to be done at the boutique, but I guess I can take one night off.  Do you want to get something to eat?”
    “I have a better idea.”  Alyssa jumped off the stool, trotted through the dining room and down the long entrance foyer.  She returned with a brown paper bag and a black briefcase.  She set them both on the breakfast bar and pulled a bottle of 1800 tequila from the bag.
    “You plan on getting me drunk and then handing me a suitcase full of money?”
    “Nope.  I’m giving you something that you can give Tommy the next time you see him.”
    Alyssa popped open the briefcase.  It was sectioned off into square velvet-lined compartments that contained sealed plastic bags filled with metal rings and bars and a host of piercing supplies. Alyssa tossed a tongue stud on the counter, still in its small clear pocket.
    Jessi picked it up and rolled it between her fingers.  “What’s this for?”
    “I’m going to pierce your tongue.”
    “Why the hell would I let you do that?”  The idea was insane, and Jessi didn’t know whether to laugh or be afraid.
    “It’ll be a present for Tommy.  You have no idea how that round metal ball drives a guy insane during a blow job.  And it works both ways.  Maybe I can convince Tommy to let me pierce his tongue when you show him what you can do with that thing.”
    She contemplated the tongue ring with a raised eyebrow.  It would be an advantage she had over Angel in the oral stimulation department.  She always wondered if he gave a better blow job than she did, only because he had firsthand knowledge of the male anatomy.  She could also use the tongue piercing to her benefit when they played their little game of who could drive Tommy crazier in bed.  She tossed the piercing on the counter in front of Alyssa.  “I can’t believe I’m going to let you do this.”
    Alyssa lined up her supplies with precision.  Some of them had Jessi a little worried.  There was a box of rubber gloves, a small metal tray, two different-sized needles and forceps in individual packages, a small marker and a tiny rubber band.
    Alyssa glanced up at Jessi.  She swore there was enjoyment behind the sadistic smile Alyssa gave her and it made her more nervous.  “I don’t know about this.  How much does it hurt?”
    “It doesn’t hurt at all.”
    Jessi didn’t believe that for a minute.
    With her supplies in order, Alyssa turned her attention to the bottle of 1800.  She unscrewed the cap, carried it further into the kitchen and stopped in front of the long row of cabinets.  “Why the hell do you have so many kitchen cabinets?  Which one has the shot glasses?”
    “Because Angel’s neurotic.”  He needed a cabinet for everything.  He had an additional set of cabinets installed right after they bought the house to hold his culinary gadgets and supplies.  She didn’t know how he lived in their old house with that tiny kitchen.  No wonder he was intent on buying this enormous place as soon as they came into some money.
    “Glasses?”  Alyssa waived the bottle at her.
    “Oh.  The narrow cabinet on the end.”
    Alyssa set two shot glasses on the breakfast bar, filled them to the top with the tequila and handed one to Jessi.
    “Aren’t you going to have one?”  Jessi asked, when Alyssa made no attempt to touch her drink.
    “I’ll have mine when I’m done with your piercing.”
    Jessi took a deep breath and threw back the shot of tequila.