They fell back. Lucy allowed herself to gently topple to the floor.
For a long while Isabel just lay there. As the familiar world gradually returned, eventually she looked around. Crystal and Tony had finished, and were lying side by side. Two girls were pleasuring another man, but as she watched they stopped and fell back. Edward was still lying on his face and groaning. Perhaps some other girl had been rough with him. Everyone had stopped.
“Time for our break,” Crystal announced. She got up and went out.
Lucy got up and gave Isabel a little smile – a polite suburban smile as if to say, “Thank you for a pleasant time.” Isabel was taken aback. What had just happened, did it mean nothing to Lucy?
People got up and most, including Isabel, threw a coat over themselves. She sat on the sofa
