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I hold out a long cotton swab

“What the hell do you want me to do with that?”

“It’s a swab, Bauess You sith it”

Bao round “Shat?”

I iesture to his pants, not even atte to hide how amused I am

Ba way”

“Yes, fucking way” I hold out the swab “You want your girl to know you don’t have chlamydia, don’t you?”

Bam doesn’t look impressed

“I was hoping to penetrate not get penetrated,” he gru it from me

I motion for him to sit “But before you do that, let’s take some blood”

“Great,” heinto the chair “Double penetration”

I tie a tourniquet around his bicep

“It’ll all be over in a minute,” I say “Then I’ll leave you alone with your swab”

“You’re hilarious,” he replies “How long before you get the results?”

“Two… maybe three days”

Because I don’t have astory—the club has to rely on our relationship with the y tests done But it’s done off the record, so processing is often slow

“This girl of yours, does she have a name?” I ask

Ba I’ve never seen there before He’s fallen in love “Cady”

“Sounds like she ht now,” I say, taking blood fro the tourniquet

His eyes sparkle, and he smiles to himself “Yeah, I think she is”

I’m surprised Bam and his brother, Loki, aren’t known for their exclusivity I didn’t think I’d ever see the day when either of the tould be ready to settle with one girl

“Good on you, brother”

See sex but me

But hey, that’s my choice

The clubhouse is full of opportunity forI’ the offer is, and after years of practice, I find it easy to avoid

Sex isn’t the only thing I abstain fros

After the crushing loss of Christy’s death, I knew the only way to survive was toas possible And the only way I could do that was to avoid the things that weakened me

Like the alcohol that coursed through ht she died