Page 86 of The Need to Know

Cesar sat up and shuffled the deck. “I’ll pull the cards. Who wants to go first?”

Nastasia raised her hand. “I want mine out of the way!”

Cesar chuckled as he read from a glossy black card. “When was the last time you saw your ex?”

In my head I was saying Friday, but what Nastasia answered didn’t match.

“Saturday,” Nastasia said.

“Oh, it’s like that?” Leslie joked.

Nastasia shook her head. “He’s having a hard time letting it go.”

“And you didn’t call me?” I found myself asking. Phat Fitness wasn’t that far from South Strip.

“I didn’t need to. I handled it,” Nastasia said.

She was sitting there whole and unscathed, evidence that she’d handled things fine. Still, it didn’t sit right with me.

Leslie went next.

“When was the last time you peed the bed?” Cesar read from the next card.

“When I was fucking two?” Leslie blurted out. “Gross.”

Her reaction garnered laughter. Some of these questions were going to be off the wall, I could see.

I went next as I tipped my head toward Cease.

“Have you ever cheated or been cheated on?” he read.

“Shuffle the deck again,” I responded.

Cesar cracked up. “Nah, man, answer the question.”

“You can always drink,” Leslie sang melodically.

I could, but that felt just as bad as admitting it. “I mean, of course.”

Nastasia immediately turned and looked down at me. “So you’re a cheater?”

“I have cheated before in the past, yes,” I said. “I was a cheater.”

“And now?” Leslie probed, leaning over, being as nosey as these damn questions.

“I’m single. Problem solved,” I said as I held my hands up.

Leslie smirked and grabbed a card to question Cesar. “What’s your favorite position?”

Cesar grinned and looked over at me. Simultaneously, we answered together, “Back shots.”

Nastasia and Leslie both groaned and rolled their eyes.

“Every guy loves back shots,” Nastasia complained.

I looked at Cesar and shook my head. “That shit is good, that’s why.”

“Missionary is underrated,” Leslie deemed.