by Shari Hearn
“You have a name for this society?” Marge asked.
Ida Belle nodded. “In fact, one name keeps popping in my head. The Sinful Ladies Society.”
Marge repeated it several times. “I like it. Simple. Disarming. Sounds like we’d all be sitting around drinking tea and polishing silver.”
Gertie shrugged. “Doesn’t have the word, ‘hooker’ in it, so already I like the name.”
Marge smiled. “Hell, maybe we’ll even take over Aunt Louanne’s still. A gal running a city covertly needs a drink now and again.”
“Run the city covertly and become moonshiners? I can dig it,” Gertie said. “I’ll have to do something fun when I’m not at work teaching.” She scrunched her face and looked at Ida Belle. “Now, just to be clear. Just because we’d be unmarried doesn’t mean we can’t fool around with men.”
“As long as you can keep the fooling around and Society business separate, you can fool around as much as you like,” Ida Belle said.
“Good, because I have needs. Itches that need scratching, if you know what I mean.”
“Don’t we all,” Ida Belle said, an image popping up of the last time she and Walter scratched an itch.
Marge held up her hand. “Don’t want to hear about ‘em.”
Gertie ignored her. “So if Ryan O’Neill calls and says he wants to ravage me, I can still let him and be a member?”
“As long as you don’t marry him,” Ida Belle said.
Gertie sighed. “He’ll be disappointed, but I’ll be firm with him. No marriage.”
Ida Belle grinned. “I think we have a quorum. Ladies, the first meeting of the Sinful Ladies Society is now in session.”
THE END
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Author Bio
SHARI HEARN WROTE HER first story when she was 4, a bunch of squiggly lines, a stick figure and a door, and the only two words she was able to write: THE END. After learning how to spell more words, she took the next logical step and moved to Los Angeles, working on various sitcoms as both a writer and producer, as well as writing screenplays and pilots.
She’s now crossing over into novel writing, sharpening her mystery-writing chops with 12 short stories and novellas in the world of Miss Fortune fan fiction.
Shari is currently working on an original cozy mystery series to be published in 2020.
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Also by Shari Hearn
Miss Fortune World
Merlin's Misfortune
Miss Fortune World: Sinful Past
Undercover
Sinful Alibi
Miss Fortune World: Sinful Spirits
Happy Birthday, Marge
Soul Man
Miss Fortune World: Sinful Stories
Nearly Departed
Mutiny on the Bayou
Overdue
Nearly Beloved
Rematch
Leaving Sinful
Murder on the Sinful Express