Chapter 36
“Dash has been gone a long time,” Ali said, startling Jess from his thoughts.
“Sorry?” he said.
“Dash. He’s been gone a long time.”
Jess pinged a query to the Wanderer, which replied almost immediately.
“He’s in Sal’s cabin,” Jess replied. “I don’t know why.”
“Really?” Ali asked, grinning.
“What do you mean… oh… oh!”
“Yes!”
Dash and Sal were having s*x. Jess didn’t know how he felt about it, how he should feel. He’d known about the physical aspects of s*x from a young age. The only privacy prisoners could manage was grabbed when everyone else in the cell turned away.
But this time it was different. Sal was his friend, or she had been anyway until the arguments over Dash. And now he actually knew what s*x was about. He had wonderful memories of time spent with A
