Chapter 14

"I'm sorry I lied to you," Jenny admitted bashfully. "I could have told you before we left, but I was afraid you'd say no. I wanted it to be sort of a surprise."

"Sort of?" asked April.

"Sorry, wrong choice of words. I did want it to be a surprise."

"Some surprise that turned out to be," April said tritely. She drew her glass of milkshake closer and sucked on the straw. "I don't know whether to throw this drink of mine at your face or just keep drinking it."

"If it'd make you feel better," Jenny said.

April looked at her but then gave up whatever intention she might have in mind.

They were at a fast food restaurant in the city, miles from the drab motel room they had shared with Coach Elwood. The time was 1:13 pm. That surprised April as it felt to her like they had spent the entire afternoon there before eventually calling it quits. She was perplexed by what had happened but was torn between her feelings afterwards and prior to Elwood fucking her while Jenny cheered and watched.

"Tell me everything," she demanded. "I want to know where the lie began."

Jenny was munching on a hamburger. She picked a napkin and wiped a stain off her lips then took a sip off her glass of Diet-Coke. The whole time April had the aura of impatience as she waited for her friend to speak.

"Coach Elwood was not really a client," Jenny confessed. "I attended the last PTA meeting and he complained to me about Elliot. He said he wasn't showing dedication to the soccer team and he was contemplating dropping him off his roaster. I told him I'd straighten things out with Elliot, and somehow in the midst of all that one thing led to another and we got to talking about ourselves. That day at the soccer game I was fixing a date with him for today, and I told him I might not be coming alone. He didn't like the sound of that, but I told him my friend is just as much a slut as I am and he'd got nothing to worry about. But I added that you're quite shy so I thought of enlisting his help on that. And everything turned out the way it did."

"My God. Jenny, you're one conniving she-devil. How could you let someone take advantage of me just like that?"

"Oh, stop being naïve, will you, April. You wanted to know what I was doing as much you wanted to try it. Well, now you did. And it was just a one-man thing, so stop sounding like you got raped."

"It might as well have been if you weren't there. How the hell will I ever go back and erase everything that happened?"

"You can't go back in time, but you can pretend like it never did," Jenny said. "Only people that know is me and Coach Elwood, and he's never the talking sort, and neither am I. Your secret is my secret, likewise mine is yours. That's the way we look out for each other."

April wanted to say more but Jenny's argument put off whatever further complaints she might have. The sex had been an utter surprise, but she had ended up enjoying it. She was bewildered with regards to how to feel about it or whether she was forever marred by the experience. She opted not to consider that question for now.

"Besides Coach Elwood, were there any real clients today?"

"Oh yeah, and just one though. I've got five of them waiting for me. Or for us if you're coming."

"You mean me getting involved?"

"However you want it, April. The fact is I'd love to get you involved in this. Call me wicked, but that's been on my mind since you began asking me questions about it. I knew I might not get any luck from getting you willingly interested, that's why I needed Coach Elwood. And you certainly had yourself a wonderful time, didn't you?" she flashed her a conniving smile that got April's cheeks glowing crimson. "You see how addictive getting fucked by black men can be? You'll be a horny slut thinking about their cocks in no time. Come on, hurry up, we need to start hitting the road."

"Where are we going this time?" April finished her milkshake but her hamburger remained untouched on her plate. "Not some fleabag motel, I hope."

"No, something better this time," Jenny smiled back as she returned to finishing her hamburger.