Page 197 of Liberating Lily

“I don't blame you. A girl has needs, and Harvey should be seeing to yours.”

“I think he's worried about how I'll react after, well, you know.”

Clem was silent for a few seconds. “Right. I get it. And so why do you want to use the vibrator? Because you're horny?”

“Well, that, and I don't know. Maybe it'll give me some idea of how I would react. Does that sound stupid?”

“Kind of, yeah,” Clem said.

“Clem, you need to be supportive here.”

“Right, right. Just never expected that I'd have to be supportive of you using a vibrator.”

“Clem!” she cried.

“Okay, okay. Here's what you do. You take the vibrator out of the packaging.”

Well, sure, she knew that.

“Then you put some batteries in it.”

“Right. Okay. What then?” Lily asked

“Then you imagine Harvey's touching you, and you get yourself off.”

Lily sighed. “Clem, I don't know if I can do this.”

“You want Harvey to touch you, right? I don't think a vibrator is exactly the same as having him sex you up.”

Sex her up?

“My point is that I don't think you know how you're going to react until you actually experience it for real with Harvey. And for what it's worth, I think you'll be fine because you love Harvey. You trust him.”

“You don't think I'll freak out?” Lily asked

“No, but he might when he sees you with a vibrator.”

Now that was an idea she could get behind.

“Thanks, Clem.”

“Hey, that's what sisters are for: sex advice, vibrator recommendations, baby pigs. I've got it all.”

Lily stood and took the vibrator out of the packaging. And then she made sure it had a battery in it before turning it on.

Sheesh, that was loud. She dropped it just as the door to the bedroom opened. She quickly kicked it under the bed.

“Lily? I was looking for you. Everything okay?”

“Uh-huh.” Could he hear it? Did he know what was making that noise?

“You don’t look okay. You look odd.”

He walked closer to where she stood at the side of the bed. She hadn't gotten dressed yet, so she was still wearing one of his oversized T-shirts. She thought he'd gone down to the office to work.

“What’s going on? And what’s that noise?” Harvey frowned, glancing around.

“What noise?” she asked.