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that woman there either. What was it with her
brother lately? Did he decide to return home to suddenly become a
prude? And if he was a prude, what had he been doing in here in the
first place?
    Tansy frowned, whatever his issues
were, she didn’t like it. After all, all seven of their brothers
disappeared after their parents’ deaths and left the girls on their
own. He had no business getting upset with the way they went on
with their lives.
    Lance looked away when the music began
to play and the woman began to strip her clothing off. Tansy had to
hand it to the woman though. At least she wore a G-string and
pasties. She was never totally naked. She danced a burlesque more
than she stripped and Tansy found herself hoping that was what May
had done as well. She wasn’t sure she could handle knowing that
this entire crowd had seen her sister totally naked. It was a
thought beyond bearing.
    Tony kissed her on the cheek. “Stay
here for a minute, will you, angel? I have to talk with someone.
I’ll be right back.”
    Tansy watched as Tony sauntered over to
a table and sat down with two other men. The two at the table
didn’t seem happy to see Tony, but at least they weren’t jumping up
and slamming their fists into his face either. Whatever business
Tony had with the other two, they didn’t seem to like it much. It
looked as though their discussion became rather heated until May
took the stage.
    Seven men headed for the platform when
May danced out wearing a bunch of feathers over what Tansy hoped
was at least pasties and a G-string. The music suddenly stopped
when the DJ saw the men approaching her position. He leaned toward
his microphone. “You’d better get out here, Barry. There’s going to
be trouble.”
    Tansy closed her eyes, unable to bear
to watch as the men stormed the stage. The big bouncer, who was
most likely the man May left the lingerie shop with, ran out and
tried to keep them off the stage, but every one of the men pushed
him aside and made their way to her sister. Lancelot was the first.
He ripped his leather coat off and draped it over May’s
shoulders.
    “ If you want money for
charity, I’ll give it to them. I never want to see you in here
again.” Lance’s voice carried over the crowd.
    “ Puhleeze, Lancelot
Flowers,” May said as a group of men chuckled at their brother’s
name. “You have no right to come in here dictating to me.” She
sniffed. “Where have you been since Mom and Dad died?”
    “ First off, little sister,
Mom and Dad aren’t dead. If you and the rest of my harebrained
sisters knew a damned thing about magic, you would know that good
magic can’t kill.” He shook his head. “And none of you could ever
handle black magic. With your control you wouldn’t only kill
someone else, you’d most likely blow yourselves up. They aren’t
dead. They’ve been transported somewhere. The rest of the guys are
still out looking for them.”
    May held his coat tight around her as
she looked out at the rest of the men standing on the edge of the
stage. “What are the rest of you guys doing here?”
    She held her chin up, her lip trembling
in the telltale sign that she was about to cry. Hell, Tansy would
cry, too, if she saw half of her family and a bunch of family
friends standing around when she was about to strip down to little
more than a few well-placed pieces of tape.
    Tansy made her way onto the stage.
“Come on, May. Let’s go home.”
    “ I can’t.” Tears began to
flow down May’s cheeks and Tansy wanted to cry herself. “I signed a
contract saying that I would dance here tonight and once a month
for the next year.”
    Crap!
    “ What were you thinking,
May?” April asked, her eyes wide. “How could you think that this
would be okay?”
    May turned to them, her eyes filled
with anger. “What difference does it make? Seriously? I mean,
there’s some sick-o out there with naked pictures of all of us.
What’s to stop him from showing them around to everyone and