Justice For Juniper novel Chapter 40

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“What kind of thoughts?” Beni looked at Juniper curiously.

“The kind where there are four in the bed and,” Suki started.

“Suki!” Juniper knew her face was bright pink as the car pulled out of the underground parking lot and into the evening city light.

Beni’s chuckle filled the interior of the car, “Suki, poor Juniper is likely to have a heart attack with you planting such wicked thoughts in her head.”

“Her mother wants her to sign onto Tinder.”

“Don’t do that,” Beni reached out and took Juniper’s hand in hers and kissed her fingertips. “If you’re only looking for hookups there are plenty of men in your vicinity to help with such things. When you’re ready for more than that, the same men will still be there. We’re not going anywhere, sunshine.”

“I don’t want to lose my friends, even my new ones.” She whispered nervously.

“Do you know, Phineas, Adil and I have known each other since we were born? Our fathers were best friends and our mother’s hung out. Our dads were pretty competitive and when Mr. P told his buddies he was ready to start a family well then it was game on. We were all born within a month of each other.

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Phineas is the oldest, then me and then Adil. There is nothing any of them could ever do which would make me love them less. We were blessed having my mom around us growing up, helping us navigate our friendships. We have very open, honest, and real communication with the three of us. All we ever want for one another is happiness.”

“You’re suggesting she should experiment with the three of you?” Suki boldly asked. “What if she chose Phineas and not you?”

“Then I’m grateful for the opportunity to have kissed those lips.”

“What if she chose someone not in your little friend group?” Suki was pushy.

“All I want is for Juniper to be happy again.” Beni said with a shrug, “and I know both Phineas and Adil feel the same way.

Juniper gave a nervous jump as he put her hand back on her lap, but his fingers stroked the inside of her thigh where her dress rose up a smidge too high. She gulped too much air and choked on her own spit and Suki snorted.

“I can’t see your hand Beni. What are you doing?”

Beni lifted his hand off the steering wheel, “it’s right here.” His grin was broad as Suki chortled with glee at Juniper’s hiss of embarrassment, but he didn’t pull his other hand away as he wrapped it around the warmth of her thigh. He shot Juniper a

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sideways glance, “you okay?”

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“Yes.” She put her other hand over his and watched his smile

broaden.

A few minutes later they were pulling into a gas station and Suki leaned forward, “I’m going inside to grab some gum. Coming?”

“Sure. Mints might be a good thing to have tonight.” She shot Beni what she hoped was a flirty look.

“Sunshine, you could have licked dog shit off a filthy floor, and I’d still want to put my tongue in your mouth.”

“Beni! Kinky!” Suki exclaimed excitedly as Juniper shook her head at him.

“You have no idea.” Beni winked at Juniper as she pulled the door open. “Don’t dawdle in there. I want to get you on a danc floor and make out hard while we’re grinding.”

With that thought racing through her brain, Juniper chased after Suki into the store attached to the gas station. She found her standing in an aisle full of candy and chuckled, “you and your sweet tooth.”

“I know. I can’t help it. Speaking of sweet,” Suki flicked her gaze to the windows facing the gas pumps, “he is sweet on you. He likes you, a lot. He’s not even trying to hide it.”

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“I’ve never allowed myself to consider the possibility of anyone but Kyst,” Juniper whispered as she reached for Suki’s hand, “I have to admit, it’s exciting and thrilling to consider someone else. It’s never been anything I let myself consider before, but the truth is, I can’t stop thinking of the possibilities today. It’s been a week, and I know I shouldn’t be ready to move on so fast but here I am, acting like the girls from high school I mocked so much because they’d break up with someone on Monday and be with someone else Tuesday.”

“You know we were wrong back then, right?” Suki asked her. “We were really wrong. I let my mom cloud my judgement and you were so head over heels with Kyst you would tell anyone if they could move on so fast it wasn’t really love. I think,” Suki held up a bag of mixed candies, “the world is full of various kinds of people, all with unique needs, wants and like: We love differently. We feel differently. We heal differently. We w judgmental asshole in high school, but I want you to know, Ju I’m done judging women for the way they express themselves sexually. Now, if a bitch comes to sabotage my relationships, I’ll be judging all day long but how someone conducts themselves or moves forward, I’m not that girl anymore.”

“What you’re saying is, if I end up with Beni far faster than anyone would anticipate, you’d not judge me?”

“Exactly but I’m with your mom, though. Don’t marry the first guy you kiss. Explore yourself a bit first. Find out what you like and stop trying to conform to what someone else wants for you. When we were eating earlier, you mentioned you were

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recognizing a lot of the ways you’ve changed over the years of being with him. Dropping drama, doing the community college course for administrative assistant instead of getting your degree in business you were originally intending because you knew you could only afford to pay for one degree between you, and you knew his law degree was going to be the better money maker in the long run. You planned your whole lives out at sixteen, seventeen, eighteen without knowing who you would grow into. I think it’s really important for you to view this as an opportunity to learn more about what Juniper the adult wants for her life versus what teenage Juni planned out for yourself with his input.”

“While I’m upset about what happened to you when you were away,” Juniper squeezed Suki’s hands, “I’m really glad you’re home to help me navigate all this Suki. Your friendshi everything to me.”

“I know.”

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The sound of a woman’s shrill voice caught their ear and they both looked over to the door where a woman was coming into the gas station with a phone smashed to her head.

“I’m telling you. He ruined my entire life! I know it was him behind my tires getting slashed. My parents threw me out because his father and grandfather went off the deep end that I wrecked someone else’s marriage. It’s not like I did it single handedly! None of my friends other than you are talking to me because they all think I’m going to ruin their marriages and

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sleep with their husbands, and I know it’s because Phineas told his friend circle to tell everyone what I did.”

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