Well...Yeah.

"Karen, you said you found a coin outside my door? When you were borrowing the laundry detergent from me?"

"Yeah, you were coming towards me with the detergent in one hand and you were trying to keep the towel up with the other. You tripped over something, and while you were flailing around like a cartoon character on a frozen pond, I felt something hit the side of my shoe. There, on the floor, was this Sacagawea coin." I hadn't even noticed, but she had the coin in her hand, holding it reverently like Janet had been in the park. "It was weird, the instant I picked it up, it was like everything else disappeared. My whole reality was this little coin. Then...then it all became clear to me. You're basically the best guy, no, the best person I know. We've been good friends for a while; we give each other a lot of shit, but I knew that I needed start being nicer to you."

"That...that revelation happened right when you picked up the coin?"

"Bizarre how that sort of stuff hits you all at once, right? Then, next thing I know you were right in front of me. I could smell that blonde, Janet, I could smell her on your fingers as you handed me the detergent. I was about to say something, to try and invite myself in, but you told me to finish my laundry and come by when I was done. So, that's what I did. I waited outside your door for thirty minutes or so, but Ms. Landsberg was going around making sure everyone got those fucking eviction notices. Rather than deal with her, I grabbed my spare key and let myself into your place to wait."

Oh right...I'm getting evicted. Arghhhh. "Karen, can I see that coin?"

"Sure. You'll give it back to me, right? It kind of means a lot to me." Karen said as she went to pass me the coin.

It's not as if I could actually tell one coin apart from another. There weren't even any serial numbers to TRY and pretend that I knew what I was looking for. But...just like the coin I had given Janet in the park, this one was reflecting the light more brightly than any coin "should." The old man did say that they would have their effect on the first woman to touch them, and if I lost control of them, I wouldn't be able to direct their power...magic...whatever. Up until this point, I wasn't sure that I believed what the old guy had claimed. Occam's razor seemed to make more sense. Janet must simply have been...attracted to my animal magnetism.

Even if that were the case, that couldn't explain Karen's new opinion of me. We'd been pretty good friends, as far as apartment neighbors go, but "best person she knows"? I'm not quite capable of the mental gymnastics required to make that sort of rationalization. These coins do something to women. What was it the old dude said? "Give one of them to any woman and you will find them much more willing to get along and join your team"? Certainly a bit ambiguous, but both Karen and Janet seemed to be on "Team Mike," so to speak. Shit, I'm going to need to get a safe to protect those coins. Maybe a safety deposit box. Or both. I'm going to have to keep a tight grip on those coins, make sure they don't...get...away...from...

Fuck.

Jumping quickly to my feet, I frantically searched my pockets. I know that I had one of those coins when Janet and I left for the mall. But my **** search proved fruitless. Shit...where could I have lost it? There aren't any holes in my pockets...did I spend it at some store? Did I use it to tip at the sandwich shop?

As I begin to panic about what could have happened to the coin, and what could happen, a hand on my shoulder and Karen's voice brought me back to the present. "Mike, you're scaring me a little bit. Calm down."

My brain just about broke at the sight before me. "Karen, why did you take your top off?"

"I figured it would calm you down." She said as she moved closer to me on the couch. "And if I must say so, it worked."

"I suppose I cannot argue with the results."

Karen's hand landed on my thigh, fingers caressing my dick through my pants. "Well, it would appear that I have some more calming down to do."

With the blood pounding in my ears, I almost didn't hear her finish in a whisper, "Master."