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you a real fantasy of mine.”
    “This better be good.”
    “Ménage à trois.”
    “A threesome?”
    “Yes. Me and two men. Both strangers. I’d be all over that like white on rice.”
    “Really?”
    “At least in my mind. In real life I might chicken out, but as a fantasy? Yes! Definitely! I could get off thinking about that.”
    “Why do we have fantasies like this if we can never act on them?”
    “Maybe one day we’ll get to,” Ariel said.
    “Maybe we will,” Veronica said.

XII
    “H OW WAS SCHOOL, HONEY?”
    Becky had just come in the front door. She dropped her backpack on the ground and went through to the living room where her mom was watching TV.
    “Oh, just wonderful!”
    “Really?”
    “Yes. I loved it.”
    “For real? Or are you kidding? I can’t tell.”
    “For real, mom. I’m not being sarcastic. I loved it.”
    “Well, that’s great, honey.”
    “Kyle showed me everything. He’s on the football team.”
    “Kyle, Veronica’s son?”
    “Yes. He introduced me to everyone.”
    “That sounds great.”
    “He is.”
    Ariel looked at her daughter. It seemed someone had a crush.
    “How old is he, honey?”
    “A senior.”
    “Well, you just make sure you make friends in your own grade too.”
    “Oh, don’t worry, mom. Everyone thinks I’m hot shit because I know Kyle. You should have seen them, the mean girl clique, they thought they were going to intimidate me. By the end of the day they were all sucking up to me.”
    Ariel wasn’t so sure how she felt about her daughter getting too attached to a senior but it was definitely better than Becky coming home in tears because she had no friends. “Then you’ll be glad to know we’ve been invited over to the Roycrofts for dinner.”
    “Really?”
    “Yes.”
    “Will Kyle be there?”
    “I believe so.”
    “Sweet!” Becky said and rushed upstairs and into her shower.
    Mother and daughter spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready for dinner. They both probably over did it, Becky because she was trying to impress Kyle, Ariel because she was trying to impress Hank and Veronica.
    *
    “D ON’T THE TWO OF YOU look darling,” Veronica said as she let them in.
    Ariel had brought a bottle of wine and a cake for dessert.
    “Oh, you didn’t need to bring anything,” Veronica said. “Come on in.”
    “Is Kyle here?” Becky said.
    “Don’t worry, sweetie,” Veronica said. “He’s just having a shower. He’ll be down in a minute.”
    Veronica looked at Ariel and gave her a little nudge.
    “What’s going on there?” Veronica said, quietly.
    “I think Kyle showed her around the high school today, introduced her to his friends, I’m afraid he made quite an impression.”
    “I see,” Veronica said. “Well, he better behave himself.”
    The dinner was nice. Veronica had it catered by an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills and they even sent over a very good-looking young man to serve it. Becky sat next to Kyle and Ariel could tell she was smitten. She watched as Becky laughed at everything Kyle said. She swooned when he paid her a complement. He seemed like a nice boy but Ariel shuddered at what might happen if he ended up breaking Becky’s heart. He was a senior after all, and she was just a sophomore. Ariel couldn’t help feeling protective over her daughter, she wanted to spare her all the pain she’d experienced in her own life.
    “Can I take Becky to see the skatepark?” Kyle asked after dinner.
    “Really?” Becky said, obviously thrilled. “Can I, mom?”
    Ariel sighed. “Just make sure you’re home by ten.”
    “We will,” Ariel said, getting up from her seat, “and thanks so much for dinner, Mrs. Roycroft.”
    “It’s Veronica, honey.”
    When the kids were gone, Veronica opened another bottle of Zinfandel.
    “So,” Hank said to Ariel while Veronica was getting the dessert from the fridge, “what are you planning on doing with yourself now that you’re a wealthy woman? Have you thought about