“I hate that.”
“So let’s not talk about endings. Tell me about the orgasms. I want details.”
Cash laughs. “What is there to talk about?”
“I’m assuming you’re enjoying them. Does he have a rock-star dick?”
He laughs again, but I know it’s because he’s shy. Cash has always been the one listening and asking questions. Not the one telling me about his experiences.
“Uh, I’m not sure what a ‘rock-star dick’ is, but since he’s a rock band drummer and the dick is attached to him, I’m going to say yes.”
I snort. “Is it magnificent?”
Cash sighs. “My experience is limited to him only. Yes, it’s magnificent. It’s… sexy. I’ve never understood your obsessive fascination with cocks, though I enjoy looking at things you find to share with me, but… I understand. It’s just so… so…” His voice trails off.
A grin splits my face so fully that my cheeks hurt as I wait for him to finish.
“Sexy. I’ve already used that, but… There are nights when I just touch him and we have no orgasms. I love how he looks soft and how he gets hard. The different feel of his balls when they’re all, you know, loose and hanging down, and then tight and drawn as he gets close to orgasm. I love how he feels in my hand when he comes, too. I can feel the pulse. I can feel his pleasure. I’m not a poet, but it’s a dick that people should write sonnets about.”
I grin, kicking my legs back and forth again. Feeling giddy. “That’s awesome.”
“What about the old-man dick you’re playing with?”
I snort. “Cash, I’ve never seen anything like this. Seriously. It’s big. I didn’t think I’d ever see one so big in real life. I’m excited to ride it, but fuck, it’s going to split me open. I’m so damn excited.”
Cash laughs. “Believe it or not, that doesn’t sound as thrilling as you make it. I have no interest in being split open. I think Onyx is probably too big for a first time. I’d like… like my size. Compact but still decent size, you know?”
“You think you’re going to with him?”
His sigh is dreamy, like he’s been imagining the moment for years. “Yeah,” he says quietly. “I mean, he hasn’t pressured me. I think he actually waits for me to, you know, do something to indicate I’m ready for something else. He’s so patient.”
“Good. He should be.”
“I know, but… My crush is getting out of hand.”
“You’re not going to believe this, but I understand.”
Cash laughs. “Oh, speaking of your crush, did you see the newsletter?”
“How the hell did you get your hands on the newsletter before me when you slept until eleven?”
“It was on the counter when I got up to pee. The headline caught my eye.”
“Read it.”
“Mass resignation of management across Kala. After the April Resident Meeting where local bar supervisor Laiken Hazelwood refused nomination for bar department manager because of Taylor Briggs’s supervision style, Kala has seen a mass exodus of employees from their upper management positions as person after person comes forward to express their frustration and reaching the end of their patience with Taylor. ‘This has been a long time coming,’ Janet Miller, former manager of guest relations on Anapos, states. ‘If Taylor wants every single department to run a certain way right down to how we tie our shoes, then he can run them all,’ Jeffrey Silinger, former excursions manager on Etsumi, adds. Employees fear that the absence of these positions will cause a breakdown in their industries and how efficiently their departments will run if they’re not filled quickly. However, no one is willing to replace those who stepped down. ‘It’s a combination of loyalty, solidarity, and not wanting to work for Taylor,’ Cillian Dorman, a dockman, tells us.”
“Wow,” I say. “I haven’t felt the absence of a management position at the bar.”
“Probably because Laiken runs the bar as if he is the manager already, but without the title, pay, and Taylor-adjacent position. I’m betting other bars feel it, though.”
“That’s incredible. I wonder why Dad hasn’t stepped down.”
“He has, Lie.” Cash laughed.
Well, fuck. “Then where does he go all day?”
“It sounds like a lot of the former managers are still working, but they’re turning away anything that has to do with their positions. All questions, all decisions, all supervision. They’re just worker bees.”
