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near me.  He lingered a few feet away as he handed guests the glasses of white wine on his tray.
    I’d been ordered not to speak, but I wasn’t about to lie there any longer.  “Psst,” I said, trying to discreetly get his attention.  “Hey!”
    To my relief, he came over.  “Barb said that you’re not supposed to talk.”  His oily gaze slid from one end of my body to the other.  “And we wouldn’t want to make Barb angry, would we?”
    This job couldn’t end quickly enough.  “Try one of the spider rolls,” I said.  “I hear they’re amazing.”
    He made a face.  “I hate sushi.”
    Of course he did.  Because my job wasn’t hard enough as it was, thank you very much.
    I amped up my charm a little.  “Are you sure you won’t sample something?  I mean, hardly anyone is trying the sushi, and I can’t leave until it’s all gone.”  I lowered my voice.  “And I really have to use the ladies’ room.”  This was the truth.  The large glass of wine I’d drunk earlier had made my bladder uncomfortably full.
    He gave me a lecherous smile. “I like seeing you helpless,” he said.  “It brings to mind all kinds of possibilities.”  He licked his lips.
    Okay, enough was enough.  I was done being a sexy sushi tray.  Helen wouldn’t be happy, but I was completing this temptation my way.  I sat up and began brushing sushi off my arms and legs.
    Milo’s eyes widened.  “What are you doing?  Lay down!  Barb is going to be furious if she sees this.”
    I plucked three California rolls from my shin.  I was about to shove a piece into Milo’s mouth when my succubus reminded me that  I couldn’t force my client to sin; he had to do it willingly.  If he didn’t, the temptation wouldn’t be complete.
    Seeing that I had abandoned my post, Barb charged over.  “What do you think you’re doing?  That’s two-hundred dollars worth of sushi you wasted!”  She turned on Milo.  “What did you say to her?”
    “Nothing, sugar bear!”  Milo backed away and held up his empty tray up like a shield.  “She asked me to try some of her sushi, but you know I can’t stand the stuff.”
    Barb’s lips thinned, but she didn’t challenge him.  Instead, she glared at me.  “You can’t quit!  The party’s hardly started.”  With one hand, she pushed on my shoulder to make me lie back down, and with the other, she tried to put the fallen sushi back on my stomach.
    “I can quit, and get your hands off of me!”  I stood up and made a grab for my robe which I’d stashed behind the table.  Unfortunately, Barb got to it first and held it out of my reach.  “Give that back!”  I lunged for my robe, but after lying completely still for so long, the muscles in my poor legs cramped tight, and I nearly fell to the floor.  I clutched the table to keep myself upright.
    We were drawing a crowd.  A dozen cell phones snapped pictures.  Ignoring the guests, I finally snagged a corner of my robe while Barb held on to the rest of it.  I yanked, but she pulled harder.  When a seam ripped, I swore loudly.
    One of the college students hurried up.  “That sushi is spoiled or something.  Eric ate a piece, and now he’s puking in the bathroom.”
    “It was fine when I laid it out,” Barb argued.  She gave the robe another tug.
    “Which was over two hours ago,” I pointed out.
    She paled, dropped her end of the robe, and followed the student across room.  As I reclaimed my robe, I saw Milo smirking at me from over by the mermaid sculpture.  Furious, I grabbed a piece of sushi and threw it.  My succubus not only allows me to travel through Hell and sense other people’s emotions, she also improves my eyesight, speeds up my reflexes, and increases my strength.  The tuna roll hit Milo squarely between the eyes, and he staggered backwards.
    I armed myself with more sushi and advanced on Milo, furious not only at him, but at every other male at the party who had humiliated me.  I