Free Blind Seduction by T Hammond

lowered, and I don't want
you two fooling around on my couch.”
     
    After much good-natured ribbing, and thankfully, the
sound of a zipper being reversed, my two friends left me in blessed
peace.
     

Chapter Seven
     
    ** Morning, Friday – July 11 th **
     
    I rolled over in bed, groping wildly for my phone,
which insisted Girls Just Wanna Have Fu-uuunn ... “Arrgg,
what time is it? The only acceptable way to wake me is with
coffee.”
     
    “No problem! I can arrange coffee,” Janey chirped,
clearly having already had some herself. “And it is seven-sixteen
a.m., lazy bones. Happy Friday! Rise and shine!”
     
    “What are you so perky about this morning?”
     
    “Bas is here. We are going to breakfast and swinging
by to pick you up on the way. Be ready in fifteen minutes.”
     
    “Oh, you are so not dragging me out anywhere
with your brother,” I protested. “Red and I had a nice mellow day
yesterday. I am not going to let those two hours relaxing in a hot
tub be wasted.” A leisurely yawn escaped before I snuggled back
down under the covers. “You guys have fun. I am sleeping... ” I let
loose with a loud, very fake, snore. “I'm going back to bed now.
Bye.”
     
    “Don't you dare hang up! We will be there in a
quarter-hour, whether you are dressed or not,” Janey threatened.
“It’s time you two tried to make nice.”
     
    Without another word, she hung up. Glaring toward the
phone in my hand, I was stunned she hung up on me, after
specifically telling me not to hang up. Crap! I did not want
to go anywhere near Bas the Ass.
     
    With a sigh, I reluctantly swung my legs over the
side of the bed. It appears I was going to have to get dressed and
let my friend, no… no… definitely fiend today, take me to
breakfast.
     
    “Red, come on downstairs so you can go outside. We
have company coming over.” I let him out into the backyard while I
returned to my room upstairs. Dressing was easy: appropriate
underwear, jeans, random t-shirt, and sneakers. I ran a quick brush
through my hair and used some of the product Cyndi gave me to keep
my new-do under control and smoothed down. Teeth cleaned and I was
ready to go.
     
    I was on the stairs when the front door opened and
Ken announced himself. “I've been elected to come get you. There
are five of us, so we don't have room for Red. I'll be your guide
dog for the morning. Woof woof!”
     
    “Oh joy,” I told him. “I’d better put a couple
biscuits for you in my coat pocket. Speaking of coats, how is the
weather?”
     
    “Typical July. Sunny; a lot like your disposition
this morning.”
     
    “Ha ha,” I replied wittily. “Let me check with Red.
I'll see if he wants to stay outside or come in.”
     
    Red decided to stay out and enjoy the morning. As Ken
led me to the car, I promised myself this fiasco would all be over
in a couple hours. I could go back to avoiding Bas the Ass for
another decade. At the curb, Ken told me we were taking Janey’s
SUV, and I was to slide into the center of her backseat.
     
    “Holy shit!” Bas' voice near my ear let me know he
was standing outside the car, likely in order to facilitate my
sliding in. “You cut your hair off!”
     
    “Hey Bas, nice to see you too.” Ignoring the comment
about my hair, I ducked past Bas, with Ken's assistance, and slid
quickly into the back seat.
     
    I was completely unprepared when my hand connected
with a rock hard thigh. Startled, I lost my balance and would have
fallen forward except for the hand reaching out to steady me. “Oh
gosh, I'm so sorry, I hadn't realized there was someone else here—I
mean Ken said there were five of us, but—“
     
    “No problem,” the unidentified male chuckled with
smooth masculine confidence, politely interrupting my rambling
apology. Unbidden, my conversation with Red came to mind, and I
fought the urge to take a deep sniff. “Although, a woman has
usually bought me a drink, and asked my name, before she’s
comfortable enough to