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Dellina drew in a breath "Me, huh? I’er twin sisters One of my sisters is a chef The other has a sency As Taryn said, I plan events There’s no guy and while I wouldn’t say no to a long weekend of hot sex, I have no interest in a relationship I’ve already raisedlook, she continued "We lost our folks when I was in high school"

"I’m sorry about your parents," Taryn said "I hadn’t heard that"

"It was a while ago"

"But still" Taryn knehat it was like to be on her own "I work at Score, where I plan advertising cans and try to control "

"But you love them," Larissa said

"I do" She held up both hands "As brothers, I swear Although I was o"

Dellina, Isabel and Noelle all stared at her

"What?" she asked "It was a couple of months and it didn’t work out We stayed friends and noork together"

"Did you know this?" Isabel asked Larissa

"Sure They’re good friends It’s nice that they still like each other"

"You getby the day," Isabel murmured "Okay, me I was born and raised in town When I was fourteen, I had a mad crush on my sister’s boyfriend When they broke up, I was thrilled, only he left town to join the navy and I kneas going to die When that didn’t happen, I started writing him Flash-forward fourteen years, I cahed happily "Noe’re lanced at theirls, also the oldest I like ives h Jack, I’ve gotten involved in organ donor prograanizations"

"She’s a saint," Taryn said "I tell enuine affection for her will offset any bad karrinned "So, you’re a masseuse to the football players What’s that like?"

Taryn leaned back in her chair She’d seen this before Women were obsessed with the boys Not only were they actually larger than life, but there was the whole sports hero thing going on Add to that the fact that they were good-looking and well-off Attention was inevitable The only question no one seele

Taryn knew the answer for each of the to say a word She loved her boys and she would keep their secrets

Noelle sighed "Really? Touching them like that"

"Need I remind both of you, you’re happily married?" Taryn asked

"I’m not interested that way," Isabel told her with an unrepentant grin "Just curious Ford’s a for as the wo with him is very nice But this is a whole different level of muscles"

"Exactly," Noelle said "Our curiosity is purely intellectual"

Larissa laughed "Sure it is" She thought for a second "I don’t knohat to say They were all professional athletes They did things their bodies are not designed to do They were all successful and they all pushed too hard and now there are injuries I try to hed "That’s so sweet Are they nad?"

Taryn grinned "And here we are, to the real question" She looked at her new friends "Yes, they are nad They are very cos we’ve had in the company locker room, or worse, the steam room"

She paused as three pairs of eyes widened "I stay clothed," she added

"That would be weird," Isabel adet used to it," Taryn told her

Noelle looked at Larissa "Yeah, for you, it’s no big deal You’re a professional"

Larissa shook her head "I’m not licensed, if that’s what you mean I took the classes, but I never bothered with the exam I don’t ith the public I work on Sam, Kenny and Jack and sometimes Taryn"

Jo appeared with their drinks When she left, Taryn reached for her iced tea "I notice no one wants to talk about the thrill of seeing reat," Noelle said absently as she continued to talk to Larissa "Is it weird to see them that way, then around the office?"

Isabel rolled her eyes "Let’s cut to the real question Who has slept hom?"

Dellina choked on her drink "That’s direct," she enuine ‘it went down the wrong way’ or are you keeping secrets?"

Dellina held up a hand "It went down the wrong way Although the body talk is fun"

Taryn was less sure The great bodies were nice, but in her opinion it hat a

"They’re sweet guys," Larissa told her "But we’re like a fauys are always bringing around girls"

"Not Saht Sam is more careful Of course he has the worst luck omen"

Dellina, who had just taken another sip of her soda, started coughing again "Allergies," sheabout? What worst luck?"

Larissa sighed "It’s kind of sad, when you think about it"

"And funny," Taryn added

"Okay, funny But not in a mean way" Larissa drew a breath "Sa to be a disaster His ex-rote a tell-all about their e"

Noelle winced "Seriously?"

"Uh-huh There have been stalkers and, oh, do you renant?"

Taryn nodded

"I feel bad for hiuy, but he’s been burned a bunch of tiet involved at all His family doesn’t help"

"They’re not into boundaries," Taryn said sie the subject "So, what’s new in town? Any hot gossip?"

Jo appeared with chips and salsa, along with a bowl of guacamole "On the house," she said with a sirl"

Larissa blinked at her "Thank you That’s so nice"

"Yeah, I’m a nice person Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise"

Taryn eyed the chips and felt her storowl Fine She would add fifteen lywould be worth it if she could indulge a little