JoAnna gave up on protectingst few desserts, and Aiden and Sarah finished them with gusto. To her surprise, Aiden volunteered to go and get more.


    "Start from the right side of the table!", JoAnna advised him since she didn''t pick up sweets from that end.


    "So, what are we doing here, besides stuffing ourselves with sweets?", Sarah asked JoAnna when Aiden disappeared between people toward the table with desserts. "Do we have a n?"


    JoAnna started exining: "I want to find out why nca told Enrique when we are visiting the property…"


    Sarah rolled her eyes and interrupted JoAnna. "Why is that important? She sold you out. Either because of money or some feelings she has toward Jeff."


    "How do you know?"


    "Because those two make world go around…" Sarah gave a meaningful look to JoAnna and continued: "Jeff said he didn''t do any business before with her, so money is probably not the reason. It''s a safe guess that she has some feelings toward Jeff and the deal is that Enrique takes care of you, and shees to console him."


    "What makes you think so?" JoAnna was not convinced. She didn''t like the idea that she was used to get to Jeff, no matter how obvious that was.


    Sarah understands JoAnna''s feelings, but they will not change what happened. "The fact is that Jeff got only one message from Enrique notifying him that he has you. He never made any demands. So, Enrique either didn''t have a n in ce, or the n was to hurt Jeff by using you as a revenge for his bankruptcy… I''m finding it hard to believe that Enrique came from Venezu with desire to get revenge and no n. Do you know how freaked out Jeff was when he saw your picture, tied up, on the floor… and no way to confirm if you are hurt… or alive? I''m sure his life got shorter by a decade from the shock... And because there was no follow up like ''<em>give me five million dors in next three hours or else…</em>'' I have a feeling that Enrique didn''t really take you away because of the money. He lost his business, for a man that is the same as if he lost his pride. He wanted to hurt Jeff, and there is no better way than through you… If my guess is right, that one photo was just the beginning… he wanted to torture Jeff and he would take his sweet time doing it… eventually, you would be out of the picture, and Jeff would be broken… at that time ncaes at him with an excuse that she feels guilty because it happened at the property she rmended andforts him. She gets a chance to be close to Jeff, and Enrique gets his revenge."


    JoAnna was holding her breath while listening to Sarah. "That''s a wild story."


    "Maybe… but it fits into everything we know so far. Do you have a better version?"


    "No…" JoAnna admitted.


    "Let''s scratch all that. All spections aside, she sold you out. And that demands revenge." Sarah''s eyes shed as she nced over people present. "Say… this is nca''s party. If something goes wrong, it might hurt her reputation. Depending on how big scandales out of it, even her business might suffer."


    "Do you have something on your mind?" That question was not necessary. Sarah''s expression told JoAnna that Sarah thought of something.


    "Do you have some of that truth-telling medicine on you?" Sarah saw JoAnna nod and continued. "I saw arge punch bowl on the table in that area…" Sarah gestured with her chin and a mischievous smile bloomed on her face. "What if these guests suddenly start telling no-lies?"


    JoAnnaughed. "In this setting? That will ruin the party."


    She could not deny that Sarah''s idea is good. The medicine has no side effects, so the only thing that will happen is that people might embarrass themselves by saying what is on their mind. And that will happen on nca''s party, so it will be connected to her. nca''s reputation will suffer, and she will lose clients… JoAnna likes where this is going.


    "You two are in good mood." Aiden approached them with two tes full of desserts.


    "We decided to have some fun." Sarah responded and nced around. "Hey, where is Jeff?"


    "I''m here", Jeff''s voice reached them two seconds before he did.


    Jeff faced Sarah and shed a smile. "Thank you for noticing my absence." He refused to look at JoAnna.


    JoAnna saw that Jeff is sulking and tried to understand why. She realized why, when she remembered what he told Sarah. "Ah… are you mad at me for leaving you there?"


    Jeff pretended he didn''t hear her.


    "I thought you are doing some business talk, so I came to look for my sister…" JoAnna tried to coax him.


    Jeff didn''t buy her excuse.


    JoAnna knows that he can tell that she is not fully truthful. But how is she supposed to tell him that she got aroused because he looked goddamn sexy, and she needed to distance herself to cool off? "Fine, there was something else as well… I will tell youter, in private. OK?"


    "No. Tell me now." Jeff demanded stubbornly.


    JoAnna rolled her eyes and tugged on his cor toe closer.


    Sarah and Aiden observed JoAnna whispering something to Jeff and a smile bloomed on his face. He was happy with whatever she told him.


    Jeff kissed JoAnna few times and she giggled when he whispered back.


    By the time they finished with their public disy of affection, Aiden and Sarah were busy with desserts and did their best to ignore Jeff and JoAnna.


    "You two, watch the deserts…" JoAnna told Jeff and Aiden. "I''m going on a mission with my sister. We will be back in a bit." She grinned and pulled Sarah with her.


    Two of them returned few minutester.


    "These are good." Jeff praised the desserts.


    "You think so too?" JoAnna approved. "I was thinking we should get this pastry chef for our wedding."


    "It will happen as you wish…", Jeff dotingly said before asking: "What mission did you two do?"


    "We did something naughty…" JoAnna made a meaningful pause before continuing: "This party will turn into a game of <em>truth or dare</em>, with a slight modification where everyone picks the <em>truth</em>."


    "If someone offers you a punch, don''t take it.", Sarah added.


    Aiden and Jeff understood what girls did.


    They watched people who were taking the punch. It seems that it was good, because they could see many guests carrying sses with punch as they walked around. Sarah and JoAnna regretted not tasting the drink before theyced it with medicine.


    "Are you sure you put enough?" Sarah asked JoAnna. "It''s five minutes already and nothing happened."


    Just as she finished her sentence there was a resounding p sound and a woman screamed: "HOW DARE YOU!"