“Ugh, Another Sewer”
remained footloose and single- or at least his trust fund
- after a couple glasses of Chardonnay
- nice-looking doctor
- I live for the eroticism.
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“Ugh, another sewer,” I grumbled.
“He has a good point about the weather,” Tessa said.
“Push me!” John urged. He turned his head to eye me up. “Or is this going to be Weehawken all over again?”
That was a loaded question. I had an escapade with John in that town, tunneling into a bank vault, only we miscalculated and popped up in the self-help section of the public library. Thing is, I knew he and Jason also tried a heist in Weehawken. This had to be a test. But the only details I’d ever learned from my twin were that they tripped a sprinkler system, there was a bartender involved who took the fall but nevertheless remained footloose and single-minded about gin, and one of them had at one point impersonated the mayor’s son, Matthew.
Laying the lisp on thick, I asked, “Are you still in contact with Matt?”
“Oh yes,” John replied, “or at least his trust fund. And Trey got out last year and is back to slinging beers at the Happy Taphouse. He tells some amazing stories after a couple glasses of Chardonnay. Turns out his cellmate was this nice-looking doctor who got arrested for–”
“I thought we were in a hurry!” Tessa exclaimed, upending John into the toilet. He yelped and vanished into the blackness below. She said, “You next!”
Not wanting to find out what means of persuasion a ticked-off TSS-A unit might have at her disposal, I dove after John. But my shoulders are broader than his, and I immediately got stuck. The quick-thinking Tessabot began shoving on my buttocks in an effort to cram me through the opening.
“I think you like this,” I said.
“I live for the eroticism,” she replied, and shoved harder.
John thought I’d been addressing him. Grabbing my wrists and yanking, he said, “Guess I’m just a sentimental fool. But this is already better than Weehawken.”
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