Tell her there are four of you

“There are four of us that haven’t gone home yet,” you tell Alex. You can’t count Sissy, under the circumstances.

“Can you get them here?”

“Depends what they think of Free Gurls,” you say with a shrug. “We all spent the night together last night. Wet T-shirts here might be a little too tame for us.”

Alex peers at you suspiciously, as though trying to tell if you’re kidding. Then she gets the bottle and pours herself more whiskey.

“You bring the tits,” she says, lifting it. “And I’ll bring you a phone number and a guarantee.”

“We have a deal,” you say.

“Good. Don’t forget the lap dance part,” Alex calls after you as you walk away.

“I hope you don’t think you’re getting one,” you shout back.

“Next time, rich girl.”

You drive away with mixed feelings. By now, Gurlberg has woken up. Plenty of people are out. As you wait at a light, you see two women on the sidewalk, carrying shopping bags. Will they be at the bar tonight? CCL has stayed away from the bikers for a long time, but that’s going to end tonight. For better or worse.

Alex will already be putting the word out that CCL will be the main attraction at the bar tonight. There’s no way that word won’t reach Officer Lang.

And Roxy. But you’ll worry about them later. Right now your priority has to be stopping Professor Austen and figuring out what to do about Sissy. Lisey is OK, but Sissy? She’s not as tough and sassy as Lisey. By now, Professor Austen probably knows that something is up. What will she do?

You arrive back at CCL house. The same cars are there that were when you left. Everyone’s home. What about Sissy?

You climb out and head in, catching Kris coming out of the kitchen with a bowl of cereal.

“Did Sissy come back?” you ask.

She shakes her head, munching.

“Find Karen. Find Lisey. Get them down here,” you tell her, pointing at the floor.

“OK,” she replies, setting her bowl aside and hurrying past you.

You go into the kitchen and get a glass of water as you listen to her jogging upstairs. You sip and look out the window at the bare trees that surround CCL house. There’s no way out of it. You could send the others and stay behind, but… that’s not OK for a leader to do.

No, tonight Gurlberg is going to see a side of you that you would have preferred to keep behind closed doors. But the women who will see you are going to be like you, and they at least tacitly support CCL. Word might still get around, though.

It doesn’t change everything. Everyone knows that you are part of CCL, and everyone knows the rumors about CCL. And after last night… nobody can say that the rumors aren’t true. That thought makes you smile.

Kris is returning with the others. Karen is dressed, but Lisey still isn’t.

“What’s happening?” Lisey demands bossily.

“What’s happening is that tonight, the four of us are going to the Free Gurls bar. They’re doing a wet T-shirt contest, and we are going to make it a success,” you say. It’s not a request.

Kris freezes up, Lisey raises an eyebrow, and Karen snorts.

“Why?” she asks.

“Because if we don’t, the bikers won’t help us with our Professor Austen problem.”

Lisey folds her arms and scowls. Karen makes a face. Kris still looks stunned.

“Ladies,” you say firmly. “We’re doing it. I’ll make it up to you later.”

“In the dungeon.”

“Excuse me?” you say, turning to Karen, who has a smug look on her face.

“You’ll make it up to us in the dungeon,” she says.

You hold her gaze. “Fine,” you reply.

Lisey and Karen exchange a look. Then Karen reaches over and brazenly slaps Kris’ boobs. Kris shrieks in surprise and covers them.

“Why not just send her?” Karen asks, jerking a thumb at Kris.

“Because I want you to be there when they bid more for me than for you,” you say to her.

“Bidding?”

“Oh, I forgot to mention. They’re auctioning us off and we’re giving lap dances,” you say, finishing your water.

“To the horny dykes of Gurlberg?” Karen laughs.

“We are the horny dykes of Gurlberg,” Kris notes.

“Maybe no one will show up,” Lisey says.

You aren’t paying attention to them. It bugs you that Sissy isn’t back yet. You can picture her staying in bed with Professor Austen all morning, but spending the day together? That doesn’t seem quite right.

And your girls? They won’t have any trouble with the wet T-shirt part, but giving lap dances? That’s an actual skill, and you don’t want them to make CCL look bad. You can’t let them waste the day lying around and watching TV.

Send them out to look for Sissy?

Or have Lisey teach Karen and Kris how to do a lap dance?