my face.” I said with an attitude. “ I can't think of anywhere else I need to be...or would rather be Antoinette.” Adam said walking towards me and pulling me into his arms. “ I need you. You’re the only woman I have ever loved and you know it. So stop giving me ultimatums about work. You know that's not who I am. It's what I do Antoinette....and I did a lot of it for you. Before you even knew what I did... and after. I'm not throwing that up in your face but it's the truth. If you love me stop using it against me. You'll never make me feel guilty for making sure we eat. For putting a roof over our heads no matter what way I choose to do it.” “ If you love me like you say you do, why can't you just stop? Do something else. You've made plenty of money, all of you have made some really good investments. Next week you three are signing papers taking over the club. After that what reason could you possibly have to continue? Why are you refusing to stop working with the Pussy Pounders? Is it because I'm asking you? You've said before you were going to stop Adam and I've tried to understand and look past everything since I found out. Not only because I love you but I love all of you. I'd never judge you. But I can't do it anymore. I'm trying to be honest about my feelings with you because I love you...I want us to be together but I don't want to share the man I love sexually anymore. I can't do it....and I'm not going to wait around for you to choose me either. If I said right now I was going to start taking appointments and sleeping with men you would never stand for it. I wouldn't make it to one client before you dumped me and you know it Adam.” “ You damn right because you'd be doing it for other reasons than when I started. As far as me Cortez and Sean are concerned we do so don't have to think about money. I am going to stop. When I've made a certain amount of money,but that's going to be when I say so. Not because you're forcing my hand and threatening me. Here's the thing, you know everything about me. Shit I don't even want you to know about me you know due to circumstances. At the end of the day Toni, if I stop, it's still not going to erase the things I've done. I've still slept with women, are you going to constantly throw it up in my face?The last time we had sex the minute it was over you were asking me had I done the same things with clients. What's going to ever change about that with you? You're the one person I expect to see past all the bullshit and you can't. I know it's a lot to take. I know I've asked more from you in this situation than I ever could but damn, you said you'd try. Is this really about what I've been doing or do you just want someone else?” Adam was right. I knew every detail about his life. The one secret they'd all kept from me was the Pussy Pounders. I found out about that missing detail three months after I'd already started having sex with him and was completely head over heels, no turning back in love with him. Like an idiot not thinking ahead about how I would feel about it later, I of course I excepted it because I love him...and them . “ Adam how could you even ask me that? I wish I could tell you I wanted another man...I really do. I wish I could walk away from you,just go back to us being friends but I'm never going to see you as anyone other than the man I was made to be with. You don't even consider how this fucks with me mentally knowing what you're doing. I've even started therapy! You know about my mom, you know how she was killed and how I had to live with that type of environment every day. Why would you want me to be in this position?” I asked looking at him sadly and remembering the night our friendship changed forever a year ago. “ You know what Antoinette,stop right there and let's keep it real. You needed therapy way before you started fucking me. So don't try to put your fucked up childhood on me. If that's the case I'm going to lay all my