Oh my god.What if it is?
I groan into my hands, but it’s too late.The thought is already there.
And now I am never going to recover.
Quinn beams.“Turned on or not, I’m in, baby.Tell him he has his first recruit.”
Carlie leans forward, intrigued.“Oh, this isinteresting.I’ll have to ask Adam.”
Vivian grins.“This issexy.”
“Oh my god, I just realized—” Quinn clutches his heart.“This is mycalling.I can be the gay liaison between the two factions of Dirty B’s.”
I glare at all of them.They’re ridiculous.
Tasia snickers into her wine.“I can’t believe you’ve manifested this.”
I shoot her a look of betrayal.“Idid notmanifest this.”
Lily hums.“Didn’t you, though?”
Carlie taps a finger against her chin.“I mean, this is just alogical progression.If we have the Dirty Bitches, of course a Dirty Bastards had to form.The universe demands balance.”
Quinn nods sagely.“Yin and yang.Equal but opposite forces.Asacredbrotherhood to match our sacred sisterhood.”
Vivian is full-on wheezing now.“Oh, Ilovethis so fucking much.”
I groan, dragging my hands down my face.“Ihatethis.”
“I don’t think you actually do.”Lily smirks.
I open my mouth to argue, but?—
BUZZ.
I freeze.
Every eye in the room locks onto me.
Tasia sets down her wine glass with a knowing glint in her eye.“It’s him again, isn’t it?”
I consider throwing my phone across the room to avoid checking.Instead, I glance at the screen.
Yep.
Joel.Again.
Joel: So?What’s the verdict?Is Quinn in?Did he already start drafting an initiation ritual?
I squeeze my eyes shut.I am going to die in this bookstore.Right here.Right now.
Vivian, still vibrating with excitement, leans in.“Well?What did he say?”
I take the longest breath of my life.Then I slowly look at them all.I shouldn’t tell them.I really shouldn’t.
“Joel wants to know if you’ve already started drafting an initiation ritual, Quinn.”
Quinn practically levitates with glee.