He wants to hear opinions, but yeah

"Veronica, I need you to tell me something. Please be honest. What would you think if I got Cynthia Magellan into our polycule?" I have to say, every now and then I make smart decisions. Clarifying that we're a poly couple in my wish to enable Veronica to fall for Jeanie, without having her want to leave me, was one of those smart decisions.

"Oh yeah, because there's only one person here. Fantastic, top of the line, treatment I'm receiving. Really makes me feel welcome" Jeanie whined at me.

"You weren't invited here and I'm pretty sure you're not in a relationship with either one of us at the moment" Veronica shut down the complaints by reminding Jeanie of her place in the narrative we had crafted.

"And are you really going to act like you might have a problem with another attractive person to mess around and have sex with?" I joined Veronica for a combo on Jeanie. I was really glad that she was probably prevented due to the ring from getting into a fist fight with us over a verbal one, I didn't feel like going back to resting in my bed for weeks after being brutalized with a chain.

"Fine, fine, you guys got me there. I was just birching a little." She raised her hands, and bent her elbows, mimicking giving herself up to the police. "Cynthia is really fucking hot anyway, so I approve."

"And you have no chance in hell that's ever gonna happen, but I think I'll go with the same reason as ghost lady to approve it" Veronica giggled as she jabbed my shoulder. "What would you even do to make that happen? Wait till your parents drop dead and try to bribe Cynthia with a private island?"

"His old folk got private island money?" Jeanie asked with curiosity, and if my mind wasn't so busy with other stuff, I would have taken my chance to do what I rarely got the chance to do and chastise Veronica for something. We weren't meant to talk about my parent's fortune with other people!

"His old folk have 'Fund coups in the third world' money" Veronica clarified.

"That sounds... Incredibly fucked up, to be completely honest." Regina said as the mood had been killed for her. "That's not something that people should be able to do"

"You. You're the person that has a problem with that." I subtly tapped my ring with a finger.

"Look, I know it sounds strange because I support a Ringmaster doing whatever they want with the reality ring, but the reason that's different is that-"

"What is the Reality Ring?" Veronica picked up on the term that Jeanie had curiously decided to use despite the fact we were right next to the person for which we were pretending she was a ghost.

"Alright, that one is on me." Jeanie once again surrendered herself to Officer Peter, only this time she got off the couch and on rested on the floor with her ass up. "Ready for my deserved spanking whenever you solve this mess I got you into." And there went any chance of me pretending that I wasn't involved in this.

I turned to see Veronica waiting patiently for some answers. The smart choice would have been to try and erase her memories. The one a good boyfriend, which I felt like I was trying to become, would make is to tell her the truth. I really wished right now I hadn't looked back once I got up from bed. This would be a lot easier if I hadn't attempted to be better for her.