The Fitgomery: A Short Story

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One of my topless admires passed me a small square envelope and took place her heavy cotton robe off to one side and refilled my water. I felt my eyes widen when I read that Meghan Montgomery was holding a formal get together that night. I had a thought that notifying the local police might not be a bad idea with the look in Geo eyes. He was peaking over my shoulder at the invitation that had only my name on it with a plus one. This seemed like the perfect time to take my topless servers up on their offer for a massage. I wasn’t totally clear who would be rubbing oil on whom, but at that moment it mattered much less than getting as far away from Geo as possible. Hopefully, Geo will accept his friend’s idea to go inside as well. At

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