Lucky's Choice
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 “They made me hornier than hell.”
 The women at the table burst into laughter.
 “Beer does that for me,” Winter said when she managed to catch her breath.
 Diamond grinned next to her. “Knox’s tongue ring.”
 Rachel muttered, “Cash kissing my neck.”
 Beth was next in line. She turned red yet admitted her weakness. “Razer’s tattoo.”
 “Stud racing his bike. I fuck him as soon as we get home.”
 Willa’s face felt like it was on fire from the women’s intimate admissions.
 “Rider makes me horny when he works out. I just want to lick his abs.”
 “Me, too,” Jewell wisecracked. “And I have.”
 Lily came back to the table, sitting down next to her. “What is everyone laughing about?”
 Willa would die before she repeated the conversation they had been having while she was gone.
 “Everyone is telling each other what makes them horny. What puts you in overdrive?” Crazy Bitch shouted out loud enough to be heard from the outside.
 Lily stood back up. “I’ll get us some regular lemonade from the kitchen.” She paused before leaving. “With Shade, all I have to do is look at him,” she admitted before fleeing.
 “Me, too.” Crazy Bitch slammed her glass down on the table. “I want to count his tats. She ever tell you how many he has?” she asked Beth.
 Beth looked aghast at the thought. “No, she hasn’t confided that detail to me.”
 “Why not?”
 “I don’t know… Maybe because she doesn’t want to share, and I don’t want to know.”
 “Liar.”
 Willa seriously became worried how some of the women were going to get home. Several were already drunk, and the others were well on their way.
 Rachel rose from her seat taking Lily’s empty one.
 “I wanted to thank you for covering for me. Jace told me what you said at the sheriff’s office. You took the blame for telling Jace about the motorcycles when it was me. I didn’t think when I told him that he would actually try to break into the factory. I was going to ask Cash if he thought it would be okay for Rider to show him.” Rachel had leaned sideways to whisper in her ear. Willa smelled the strong smell of alcohol on her breath.
 Willa leaned back trying to escape the fumes. “Let’s just say we’re even for the tutoring.”
 Rachel gave her a quick hug. “That works for me.” Willa was relieved when she returned to her own seat.
 Once Lily returned with a fresh pitcher of lemonade, Willa was going to ask for a clean glass yet saw Penni’s look of reproach. Taking a deep breath, she sipped the one she had made.
 Willa tried not to feel guilty as she ate a piece of pizza after she drank several more sips of her lemonade. Then she decided she didn’t care about her waistline and reached for another slice.
 “Willa, you never did tell what creams your coffee.”
 She was about to swallow the cheesy goodness when Killyama’s question sent it down her windpipe. She thought she was going to choke to death before she could clear it.
 “I don’t know,” Willa confessed hoarsely. “I’ve never had sex.”
 The women quit talking to stare at her in bemusement.
 “Why are you staring at me like that? I’m not the only one here who remained chaste until they were married, right, Rachel?” Willa wanted to kick herself, remembering belatedly the humiliation Rachel had suffered at Mrs. Langley’s birthday party when Cash had told everyone that he had slept with Rachel.
 “It’s all right, Willa. I’m not ashamed to admit I had no will power where Cash is concerned.”
 “Beth was—”
 Beth cut her off, looking embarrassed. “Sorry, but … no.”
 Willa looked toward Diamond.
 “Nope, I lost mine in college.”
 Willa’s eyes went to Sex Piston.
 “Are you crazy? I lost mine in high school.” Something told Willa she wasn’t telling the truth.
 Deciding to go for a sure thing this time, Willa turned to Lily.
 “I think I’ll go get some—something…” She trailed off, standing up and fleeing again.
 Willa’s shoulders slumped. She was the only virgin left in Treepoint over the age of eighteen, and she had a feeling she was going to die a virgin.
 She put the pizza in her hand back on her plate.
 “I’m a virgin.”
 Startled, Willa glanced at Penni.
 “You’re lying,” Killyama scoffed.
 “I am not. I may have fooled around some, but I’ve never been with a man. I’ve wanted to, but I always change my mind.”
 “How did the men take it?” Willa asked.
 “Half understood, some were kind of nasty, and for the rest, I used the self-defense moves Shade taught me.” Penni shrugged. “I want to find my soul mate the way Shade found his. I meet a guy and think this could be the one. Then I get to know him, and I simply want to be friends. The men I date tell me I’m playing hard to get.”
 “Like a stick of fucking dynamite. If you ain’t giving it up, then they’re doing something wrong. So why haven’t you fucked anyone yet?” Killyama asked, turning everyone’s attention back to Willa.
 “It’s not like I’ve had a lot to choose from.”
 “So you and Lucky haven’t?”
 Willa shook her head, wondering at the woman’s heavy frown.
 Willa heard Lily sit back down at the table.
 “Are they still talking about sex?” Lily asked.
 “Yes.” Willa poured herself some more lemonade, not sure which was the non-alcoholic one.
 Taking a sip, she wanted to pour it back in the pitcher; however, she took another sip when Penni smiled at her with pride. Willa couldn’t bring herself to dampen her belief that it was good and took yet another drink.
 “I have some books Killyama lent me,” Lily offered.
 “Those aren’t going to help her.” Willa began to get nervous when the woman became lost in thought then snapped her fingers. “I know. Have you seen Saw?”
 Willa and the other women at the table stared at her blankly.
 “Uh … no.”
 “You should.” Killyama poured herself another glass of lemonade from the spiked pitcher.
 “Are we still talking about sex?” Willa asked Lily in confusion.
 “I hope not.”
 “Me, too.” Willa started to take another bite of pizza then realized she had lost her appetite. Instead, she sipped her lemonade which was getting better and better.
 * * *
 Lucky stared down at his watch. “How much longer do you think they’re going to be?”
 Shade crossed his arms over his chest. “You never know. When they have their parties, it can last an hour or four. It pretty much only ends when the liquor and food are gone.”