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Girl, you look wrung out,” Kadijah said as Renee pulled herself an espresso and dumped it into an iced coffee at Prince’s. Today called for a red eye. “What happened last night?”

“Someone got her back cracked,” Zane, one of Kadijah’s partners, said from his regular table. His iced oat milk matcha sat atop the stack of poetry chapbooks he lugged to the coffee shop every day.

“Must we?” Renee snapped. “This is a place of business, not Page Six.”

Zane clicked his tongue. “Goes to one celebrity wedding, and she’s name-checking Page Six.”

“Did you at leasttalk to her?” Kadijah hopped up to sit on the counter.

“To who?”

Kadijah glared at Renee.

“Yes, I talked to Lola. Other than the bride, she was the one person I knew under the age of fifty.” As she said it, Renee tried really,reallyhard not to think of the way Lola’s eyes had traveled down her body at the wedding.What sounds really good right now is getting into bed.

“Does Lola Gray party? She comes off like such a good girl,” Zane said.

Thankfully he didn’t notice Renee inhaling her coffee. Memories flashed through her mind: Lola’s body hovering over her, thatdivot of concentration in her brow as she ground the heel of her hand against Renee’s clit at precisely the right moment. Lola’s face slick and her breathing heavy as she looked up from between Renee’s legs.

“I want to know if Nash was there!” Kadijah said.

“Who?” Renee asked.

“Nash Walker, Lola’sboyfriend?” Zane sputtered.