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tonight, is that it?” He felt defensive. His friends had never criticized his lifestyle before.
    “Janet is not some fucking pussy to me, you fucking prick. She means something to me. I know all the women mean nothing to you, but to me, Janet is the one.” Dale pointed at Wayne and Frankie. “All of us are settling down, and you’re not seeing it. You’re too busy thinking about your own shit to even see what’s happening all around you. We’re settling down.”
    Guy looked at Wayne and Frankie and saw all of his friends felt the same. Guy was the only one in their group still playing the field. At twenty-eight years old he didn’t want to mess around. He liked not having to settle for one pussy and having his pick of all of them.
    “I can’t believe the shit you’re saying. I’m not going to change who I am just because you want the same fucking pussy. This is not about you or what you want. I’m not going to change.”
    “Whatever.” Dale charged toward the car.
    Guy couldn’t help but think about Emily. What was it about her that drew him in?
    There was no answer, and instead of trying to find one, he climbed in the back of Dale’s car. The answers to all the questions could wait.
    ****
    “I can’t believe Guy would do that,” Dorothy said, charging ahead into Emily’s two bedroom apartment. She was proud of her apartment as she was buying the place, not renting. Her new job started on the Monday, and she had all weekend to herself to pamper and get ready. The bar she’d been in tonight was the place her new job would start. She knew the owner, Tony, was going to be pissed with her. She hoped he’d know she wasn’t the one responsible for the fight.
    “He’s a good time kind of guy. He doesn’t care about who he screws around with. Why wouldn’t you think the worst?” Emily asked, going for the fridge where her bottle of wine was chilling out.
    “It’s that reason why it’s so surprising. He doesn’t fight over pussy. The guy who hit him first would have only got that hit in. Guy would have handled it calmly, and then that would be it. Guy’s many things, but a fighter and brute he’s not. I know he’s always straight with the women,” Lilly said.
    “You’re defending him?” Emily asked, surprised.
    “He’s an ass, but he’s always been nice to me. I’ve not got a problem with him.” Lilly shrugged. “You got to know him first.”
    Her friends had been dating Dale, Wayne, and Frankie for the last six months. Nathan being the jealous bastard that he was had kept her away from her friends when he could. The only time she’d been allowed to see her friends were when they visited her.
    She couldn’t believe when she looked back over her time with Nathan how he’d manipulated and controlled her life. Watching the news or reading about it in books was completely different from actually living it. Nathan was controlling, but he’d never actually hurt her, not physically. The right woman might like his way of living, but she did not.
    “He fell on me after the guy hit him. Guy looked angry about that.” She shrugged and poured out four glasses of wine.
    “Yeah, I don’t think Guy was angry about that,” Dorothy said. “I saw the way he was looking at you.”
    Handing out the glasses, Emily stared at her friends.
    “You’re all crazy. That guy was getting off around the back of the bar while I was talking with my ex. There’s no way that guy likes me. He doesn’t even know me.” Emily brushed off their comments.
    “He likes you, and he wants to kiss you and do the nasty with your lush body.” Janet bumped her hip, giggling.
    “Guy does not like me. He was glaring at me.”
    “So you noticed he was staring at you. Your tits are like a beacon to the male population. They want to see how they bounce while they ride you.” Janet sang the words to her.
    Laughing along with her, Emily shook her head. “You’re all terrible. Nothing is ever going to happen between me and