Other Titles
Hankie Pankie
Excerpt
“So you want to tell me where we are and what we’re doing here?”
Amie blinked up at Eric, unwilling to admit what a colossal fool she’d been. Either he had no idea what was going on or she’d blundered into something he didn’t want to reveal to her. Nevertheless, perhaps she could salvage some of her pride and get them out of there before this went any further. “Um, this was a huge mistake. Let’s just go.”
The large doors swung open, revealing a woman dressed in a leather corset and skintight black pants. She looked like Halle Berry in Catwoman. “Welcome to the Hankie Pankie Halloween Event.” She handed them a small plastic jack-o-lantern and then sweeping her hands wide, ushered them into the foyer. “Coats can be left in the room off to your right and you are welcome to begin exploring any and all rooms. This is a night to make your fantasies come true.”
Eric raised his eyebrows slightly, but said nothing. Instead he grasped her hand and tugged her into the coat room. Fishing around in the jack-o-lantern, Eric chuckled and Amie’s eyes widened as he pulled out a strip of condoms and wagged them in front of her face. “I think there must be a story here.”
“Do you really have no idea what the party is?” Amie could hear her voice crack as she spoke. The embarrassment of having to explain this was beyond her worst nightmare.
“None, but I’m really interested in why we need condoms and –“ poking around the plastic pumpkin he pulled out a small bottle, “--lickable strawberry lube to make our fantasies come true.”
Burying her face in her hands, Amie took a couple of deep breaths. “It’s a fetish party.”
“A what?”
She’d have to face him sometime and there was no time like the present. Raising her head, Amie stared at Eric’s shocked expression. “A fetish party. You know, bondage and domination and … stuff.”
“Stuff?”
“I told you this was a mistake. Can we please just go?” Amie tugged on his hand, but Eric wasn’t budging. In fact, his previous shock had turned to speculation.
“I didn’t know you were into this.”
“I’m not. I thought you were.” It was a good thing the coat room was dim since Amie knew her face must be flaming at this point.
“Why would you think I was into dominance and bondage?”
“I found the website for this party on your computer. What else was I supposed to think?”
“My computer?”
“Yes, your computer. Do you remember when I asked to use it last week?” At Eric’s nod she continued. “I was going to look up haunted houses, but when I started to type, the website for this party popped up.”
“And you thought I was planning for us to attend?”
“I wasn’t sure what I thought at first. Shock mostly, I guess. I couldn’t believe you were into this stuff.”
“I’m not.” Eric’s insistence rang true.
“Well, I didn’t know that. But when I explored the site and saw there was a party coming up I thought maybe we could check it out together.”