Forty percent off. Come on, Ella, it's a sign."
"Yeah. 'Stop.'" I took the sweater from his hands and holded it neatly into thirds. "Truth or Truth?"
He propped a hip on the edge of the display table. "Shoot."
"WHo are you dressing me for? I mean, really? The three nonrelated men playing any part whatsoever in my life right now are, and I will use your terms here, the spawn of Society Hell, dead as the spat, and queer as a football bat."
"Very poetic."
"Bite me."
"Wrong man," Frankie drawled. "That would be the inclination of the hell spawn."
I bared my teeth. "So,who,Frankie? Who is this for?" I waved the sweater. "I just don't get it."
"I know,Grasshopper," he said sadly, "I know."
I blinked at him. "Where-" That's as far as I got. Sadie had come out of the dressing room.

Author: Melissa Jensen