get a chance to convey her usual greeting before Lenny said, “Hey, beautiful, want to go to lunch?”
“Hi, Lenny.” She smiled in spite of herself, glancing at the “line one” button, making sure it was still solid, meaning Kaiser was still on the phone. She wasn’t allowed to get personal phone calls and she would be in big trouble if it was discovered.
“I can’t take you to Atelier’s like Mr. Moneybags, but we can get a hot dog and take a walk in Central Park. Whaddya say?”
“I don’t know.” Heidi twisted the phone cord around her finger, glancing at Kaiser’s door. She, admittedly, was hoping Kaiser needed her— wanted her—during her lunch hour. “Can I let you know in half an hour?” It was just another fifteen minutes before she was due to take her lunch.
He snorted. “Have to ask Daddy?”
“Lenny…” She glanced again at Kaiser’s door and then at the phone but the light showed he was still on the line.
“Have you told him yet?”
“I
told
you—”
“I know you told me— ” He interrupted her. “But you haven’t told him, have you?”
She sighed, turning in her chair, facing the wall. “Could we change the subject?”
Lenny obliged. “Ty said to say hi.”
“How is he?” She smiled, remembering her life running errands on photo shoots.
My god, was it really just weeks ago? It felt like a lifetime.
“Distracted,” Lenny said. “He’s got a new boyfriend.”
“Good for him!” She knew Ty was gay, and had assumed for a long time that Lenny was, too, until he’d made it a point to tell her differently. In this business, if you were a straight man, you almost had to.
“We got into an argument about blowjobs.”
Heidi giggled. “How can you argue about blowjobs?”
“He says guys give better blowjobs.”
“Do they?” She grinned, imagining the back and forth of this conversation. She’d always enjoyed Lenny and Ty’s debates, although she usually kept her own mouth shut unless Lenny insisted she voice an opinion.
“How the hell would I know?” He half-laughed, half-snorted. “But I told him in order to determine anything for sure, we needed to test it scientifically.”
“Ha! Did you volunteer?”
“As a recipient?” He was grinning—she could actually hear it in his voice. “Hell yeah!”
“Even from a guy?” she teased.
“I’m secure enough in my masculinity to let a guy give me a blowjob,” he reminded her. “Besides, a blowjob is a blowjob! And if it’s in the interest of science…”
“Oh the sacrifice…” She rolled her eyes but she was smiling.
“Anyway, I told him we needed to get you to volunteer.”
“Sorry, sweetie, but I don’t have a penis…”
“Oh, I’m aware.” His voice dropped a little. “I was thinking more as a contributor.”
She raised her eyebrows. “You want me to give you a blowjob?”
“It’s in the interest of science after all…”
She laughed. “What’s in it for me?”
“Where’s your sense of gender-allegiance?” he scoffed. “Don’t you want to win one for the girls?”
“Ohhh, I see. I’d be taking one for the team.”
“And science!” he said, chuckling. “Don’t forget science!”
“Well, I have to admit,” she said, dropping her own tone of voice. “I give a pretty good blowjob.”
He groaned. “Now you’re just teasing me.”
“Maybe.” She grinned. “But it’s true.”
“I bet it is,” he agreed, his voice rich and warm and full of longing.
“Heidi!” The harsh reprimand in Kaiser’s voice made her freeze and she blinked at the wall, knowing he was standing behind her, wondering just how much he had heard and cringing at the subject of her conversation.
“Thanks for calling! I’ll let Kaiser know,” she said, covering as quickly as she could manage and hanging up on Lenny without a second
“Hi, Lenny.” She smiled in spite of herself, glancing at the “line one” button, making sure it was still solid, meaning Kaiser was still on the phone. She wasn’t allowed to get personal phone calls and she would be in big trouble if it was discovered.
“I can’t take you to Atelier’s like Mr. Moneybags, but we can get a hot dog and take a walk in Central Park. Whaddya say?”
“I don’t know.” Heidi twisted the phone cord around her finger, glancing at Kaiser’s door. She, admittedly, was hoping Kaiser needed her— wanted her—during her lunch hour. “Can I let you know in half an hour?” It was just another fifteen minutes before she was due to take her lunch.
He snorted. “Have to ask Daddy?”
“Lenny…” She glanced again at Kaiser’s door and then at the phone but the light showed he was still on the line.
“Have you told him yet?”
“I
told
you—”
“I know you told me— ” He interrupted her. “But you haven’t told him, have you?”
She sighed, turning in her chair, facing the wall. “Could we change the subject?”
Lenny obliged. “Ty said to say hi.”
“How is he?” She smiled, remembering her life running errands on photo shoots.
My god, was it really just weeks ago? It felt like a lifetime.
“Distracted,” Lenny said. “He’s got a new boyfriend.”
“Good for him!” She knew Ty was gay, and had assumed for a long time that Lenny was, too, until he’d made it a point to tell her differently. In this business, if you were a straight man, you almost had to.
“We got into an argument about blowjobs.”
Heidi giggled. “How can you argue about blowjobs?”
“He says guys give better blowjobs.”
“Do they?” She grinned, imagining the back and forth of this conversation. She’d always enjoyed Lenny and Ty’s debates, although she usually kept her own mouth shut unless Lenny insisted she voice an opinion.
“How the hell would I know?” He half-laughed, half-snorted. “But I told him in order to determine anything for sure, we needed to test it scientifically.”
“Ha! Did you volunteer?”
“As a recipient?” He was grinning—she could actually hear it in his voice. “Hell yeah!”
“Even from a guy?” she teased.
“I’m secure enough in my masculinity to let a guy give me a blowjob,” he reminded her. “Besides, a blowjob is a blowjob! And if it’s in the interest of science…”
“Oh the sacrifice…” She rolled her eyes but she was smiling.
“Anyway, I told him we needed to get you to volunteer.”
“Sorry, sweetie, but I don’t have a penis…”
“Oh, I’m aware.” His voice dropped a little. “I was thinking more as a contributor.”
She raised her eyebrows. “You want me to give you a blowjob?”
“It’s in the interest of science after all…”
She laughed. “What’s in it for me?”
“Where’s your sense of gender-allegiance?” he scoffed. “Don’t you want to win one for the girls?”
“Ohhh, I see. I’d be taking one for the team.”
“And science!” he said, chuckling. “Don’t forget science!”
“Well, I have to admit,” she said, dropping her own tone of voice. “I give a pretty good blowjob.”
He groaned. “Now you’re just teasing me.”
“Maybe.” She grinned. “But it’s true.”
“I bet it is,” he agreed, his voice rich and warm and full of longing.
“Heidi!” The harsh reprimand in Kaiser’s voice made her freeze and she blinked at the wall, knowing he was standing behind her, wondering just how much he had heard and cringing at the subject of her conversation.
“Thanks for calling! I’ll let Kaiser know,” she said, covering as quickly as she could manage and hanging up on Lenny without a second
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