and space. I was very hurt by your affairs."
"Well, I'm not giving up. As long as we are both alive and still single, there's hope."
"Ray, give it up. Move on with your life. I'm sure there are some single teachers at your school who would love to go out with you."
"Speaking of going out, how about it, Alice? Remember how we used to go to Ricardo's after work on Friday nights for happy hour and fill up on the dollar tacos? Meet me there one more time for old times' sake?"
"If I agree, will you leave?" Alice sighed. It would be worth it to get rid of him right now; if not, he'd hang around until 11 p.m., like he'd done so many times in the past.
Ray broke into a big grin. "You betcha, pretty lady. It's a date! Friday night at 5:30. See you then!"
Alice walked him to the door but before he could leave he turned.
"Forgot my phone," he said, picking it up from the couch where it had been sitting. "Can't leave that behind."
She glared at him. Was he afraid to leave it there because she might check the recent calls and see that his story of being single and waiting for her was just a lie?
Chapter Six
The next work week was a slow one for Katt and Alice. With Halloween the following weekend, they had decided to rerun a piece they'd done on haunted houses and spent the time brainstorming about future episodes of Talk of the Town.
Their piece on The Beaten Path had generated substantial viewer discussion and now the pair brainstormed on how to capitalize on the interest. Katt liked the idea of featuring more people from the fetish community and having them appear live to take audience questions.
Katt had an idea. "I really liked having Victor on the show and then having him show us around his world. Let's do more of that. Instead of just featuring places and happenings, let's also feature individual people. And having people email their questions was inspired."
"Victor could probably hook us up with some people," Alice said. "I'll ask him."
"So are you seeing him?" Katt asked. When Alice gave her a knowing smile, she pressed harder.
"Come on. Tell me …"
"After we taped the show, he and I went back to his place," Alice admitted.
"Ooooh, you wanton hussy!"
"He lives there in that house that the club is in."
"Did you do it?"
"Katt!" Alice scolded. "Don't be crude."
"Oh come on, it's just between us girls."
Alice held back until a big grin broke out over her face. "Yes, and it was wonderful!"
"I'm glad; tell me, did he do anything kinky?" Alice flushed, and Katt had her answer.
She then coaxed a reluctant Alice into telling her all about it. "He—he tied my hands, and after we made love he … oh I can't talk about this!" She flushed, burying her face in her hands.
"What, he spanked you? He made you kneel and suck his cock? What? Tell me!"
"Let's just say he definitely had me on my knees."
"Did it do anything for you?"
"Yes." Alice admitted. "I'm definitely submissive, Katt. Intellectually I'm not sure how I feel about that, but the bottom line is that it totally turns me on. Oh, and get this—I found out that the BDSM crowd is only there on Friday and Saturday nights. My Mom says that they rent the club out weeknights to various dance groups, plus they have Drag Queen Bingo there on Monday nights. It's not open at all on Sundays."
"Oops, we didn't make that clear during the show. I thought it was BDSM all the time."
"Me, too. My bad. I should have done more research."
"Well, I met up with Bellissima Sunday morning for breakfast. I think we're going to be great friends. I asked him more about Victor."
"Really?" Alice asked.
"Yes. He said Victor is a widower; he's got grown kids who live in Europe and—get this—he doesn't usually 'play' with a new sub more than a couple of times. He hasn't been in a relationship in the three years since Bella has known him."
Alice's heart clenched. "That's not what he told