around." She leaned in and winked. "Ignoring all the sweet butts." Sally blinked at her. "You know what that means right?" Sally shook her head. "It means Donnie, who is a legendary ladies' man by the way, is turning down all offers from easy women." "Oh." "Sounds like love to me." Sally shook her head vehemently. "No. Why would he care? Nothing even happened really. That's the problem." "That's not what I heard…" Kaylie picked up the coffee pot and started making the rounds. She knew Sally would be busting a gut by the time she got back to the counter. "Kaylie! What are you talking about?" She hid a smile. "So you do like him. I knew it!" Sally slumped onto the counter, with her head on her hands. "I don't want to!" Kaylie patted her shoulder gently. "That's always the way. You should have seen Janet! She was cranky as hell until she and Jack stopped dancing around each other." "Jack dancing?" "Well, you know what I mean. Now, do you want to hear my news?" "Oh my God! Yes, please tell me!" "I'm getting engaged." Sally stared at her blankly. "But I thought-" "As soon as Devlin asks me properly. Talked it over with Mama and we decided it was kind of sweet, him getting ahead of himself that way. Besides, it's not like it's not inevitable." Sally came around the counter and hugged her quickly. "That's wonderful Kaylie! Congratulations! Devlin must be ecstatic." Kaylie winked at her as the dinner crowd started to shuffle in. "He will be." "Will?" "He just doesn't know yet!" "Kaylie, what?!?" "Don't worry Sally. I think I have the solution to both of our problems. We are going to out-sweet the sweet butts."
7 Sally opened her door to see Kaylie and Janet standing outside. Janet held a fancy makeup kit and Kaylie had a hanging wardrobe bag over her arm. "Hi guys. What's all this?" "Ammunition!" "We are going out tonight and we are taking no prisoners!" She stepped aside to let the other girls in. They glanced around at her sparse decor. She knew they saw the bat and the locks but thankfully they didn't say anything. "I have a shift tonight." "No you don't. Mae's covering for you with her niece, Becca." "Oh… why?" Kaylie and Janet exchanged a glance and smiled conspiratorially. "Because tonight, we are getting our men back!" Oh dear. "You mean get dressed up and-" "Make their tongues hang out of their heads!" They laughed but Sally felt sick with nerves at the thought. "I don't think I can do that Kaylie…" Janet grabbed her arm and led her into the kitchen. "Of course you can. I brought everything