CHAPTER 36

"Okay! My turn!" That was Monica, bouncing eagerly up and down on the bed. Several minutes had passed with nobody doing anything but resting.

Ryan opened his eyes and looked skeptically in Monica's direction. Luckily, she was sitting up in the direction his head was already facing. "You're kidding me, right?"

"No, I'm dead serious. You promised! Remember? You said that you'd first fuck Erin, which you did, then Kate, which you did, and now, ME!"

He groaned wearily. He performed a mental check on his current sexual potential, but came up empty. "I know. I did say that. And I totally want to. But I've had a lot of wild sexual activity all evening long. I don't think that I have any more cum or sexual energy to give. I'm sorry!"

Erin could see that Monica was not happy. She spoke quickly, before Monica could react badly. "Hey, I've got an idea. Ryan, you say that now, but what about an hour from now? Couldn't you recover by then?"

He was uncertain. He rolled over and off Kate so he could lie face up and make eye contact with Erin too. (Jordan had gotten off his back shortly after his climax, enabling him to make such a move.) "I suppose... maybe. In theory, at least. But I don't want to make any promises I might not be able to keep. I'm not the kind to stay up really late. This is past my bedtime already. Plus, I'm totally wiped out from all the sexual activity. An hour from now, I want to be deep asleep." He looked up at Monica with a pleading look. "I really want to, but I just don't know."

"Understood," Erin said, getting to the crux of her idea. "However, we still have a big unresolved issue: Jack! And he really needs to be dealt with tonight, one way or another. What if we turn our attention to that, while he's still awake and at the party? That'll keep you awake and mentally engaged. Then, once that's done, we can check again to see if you're up for fucking Monica. Maybe by then you'll be sexually recharged."

"BRILLIANT! ¡Me encanta!" Monica gave Erin a high-five across both Ryan's and Kate's bodies. (Nobody asked what she meant because they were getting used to her frequent excitable outbursts in Spanish and her tone of voice conveyed the general gist, but "Me encanta" means "I love it!")

Ryan was silent as he considered that. Man, I really, really want to fuck Monica later tonight, not to mention maybe even have another round with Kate. But I can't go around making rash promises. It would be great if I could rise to the occasion, but surprise her about it. That way, she won't be that disappointed if I flake out instead.

Before he was forced to reply, Jordan spoke up. "Excuse me, but who's Jack?" She was sitting up on the bed too, but had moved down near Ryan's feet.

There was a collective groan from the others, as they realized Jordan didn't know a thing about the Jack situation and would need a lot explained.

Even Kate groaned, showing that she'd woken up. She was managing to pay attention to the discussion, despite the fact that she was still practically comatose.

Erin reached out and playfully ran her fingers through Kate's blonde hair. "Hey, look who rejoined the world of the living!"

Monica tapped Kate's shoulder on her other side. "So how was it, getting fucked by The Beast? Losing your virginity, even? Was it everything you'd hoped for?"

Kate kept her weary eyes closed, but smiled. "It WAS! It was great."

Ryan coughed, then spoke up. "Um... I'm sorry I didn't last very long. I'll do better next time, I promise! It's just that the whole situation was way too arousing, especially after you told me you love me and everything."

Kate opened her eyes in order to look at him and do her best to reassure him. "That's okay, honey. I feel the same, especially when you told me you love me. That much fucking was about all I could handle, anyway. I already can't wait until next time, now that you've taken care of my hymen!" She reached out and held his hand.

They shared another intimate moment just staring into each other's eyes.

The others were content to wait on the discussion about Jack, glad to see them having such a moment.

Kate had rolled onto her side to face him, while he'd rolled onto his side to face her. So their noses were practically touching when she shyly asked, "Tell me... did you really mean it when you said you love me, or was that a heat-of-the-moment thing?"

He spoke sincerely and without hesitation. "Oh, I definitely meant it! I know it's crazy, considering how little we know each other, but that's how I feel. I can't help my feelings. What about you? Did you really mean it?"

"Of course! I mean it with all my heart and soul!" She fumbled around for one of his hands, found it, and gave it a good squeeze. "I love you. I honestly love you!"

Monica noted with amusement, "Those are the words to a cheesy soft rock song from the 1970s, you know."

Kate said fiercely, "GOOD! I feel cheesy, and sappy, but in the best possible way, if you know what I mean. I've never told anybody I love them! Never! Well, not counting my parents, of course." She stared up dreamily into Ryan's eyes. "And that's because I've never felt that way about anybody else, until you came along and crammed your huge cock down my throat! You've made me so happy!"

Ryan and Kate shared another prolonged and passionate kiss. It wasn't as intense as their last necking session, since they were both recovering from their orgasms, but it was still magical and heartfelt. They were too tired to fondle at the same time. Kate did reach out to test if she could fondle his flaccid penis back to life, but she quickly gave up after sensing how stubbornly flaccid it remained.

Ryan didn't want to admit it, but he'd never told anyone he'd loved them, not counting family. There was much more he wanted to say but felt that he couldn't for fear of revealing that he wasn't the experienced and unstoppable sex stud that he pretended to be.

He found himself thinking, Having sex with Kate is great. Easily the best thing I've ever experienced in my entire life. And sex with Erin and Monica is right up there too. But I've got a feeling that falling in love with her could ultimately be even MORE rewarding! I can't wait to see what develops. And not just her. What if I fall in love with Erin and Monica as well?! Hell, maybe Jordan too. Is it crazy to even think that? Who knows. Right now, I'm feeling anything is possible.

After a couple of minutes, Erin said to Monica and Jordan, "You know, the two of them could be at that for a while. Monica, why don't we start explaining the whole Jack story to Jordan while we wait?"

However, Kate heard that and broke the kiss. "Don't worry, we're here. We're listening. Right, honey?" He happily nodded.

For the next few minutes, Erin and Monica worked together to give Jordan a basic understanding of how Jack had tried to play a prank on Ryan, only to have it work out astoundingly well for Ryan. It

turned out Jordan knew Jack fairly well already, since he was a good friend of Vince, who had been her latest boyfriend until she'd broken up with him an hour or so ago.

Ryan and Kate mostly just listened. They couldn't resist kissing and touching each other a lot as well. They weren't that frisky, but he couldn't help but play with her enormous tits a fair amount. It seemed they were falling deeper in love with each passing minute, and it showed with a new intimacy in the way their touched each other.

Once the explanation was finished, everyone looked to Jordan for her reaction.

Jordan said, "Jack is an evil motherfucker! To be honest, I never liked him much. He seems nice on the surface, but it's all on the surface, like a used car salesman. We've gotta get back at him, big time! This outrage can't stand!"

The others were impressed with Jordan's passionate, pro-Ryan attitude on this.

Ryan thought, I like how she said "we". I'm not sure what's going to happen with her. Will I fuck her? He looked her over carefully. Hell, yeah! Damn, she's a BABE! But will she join our small group in a permanent way? I don't know yet. But the mere fact that she said "we" shows I was right to bring her in to watch tonight. That shows that she's already joined our side. That's pretty key. Just two more, and the third floor will be secured!

Surprising everyone, Kate managed to sit up, in order to look around at all the others. "I agree! He needs to PAY! Yes, I suppose none of tonight's incredible, wonderful events would have happened had it not been for Jack's bullshit. But that doesn't get him off the hook, in my book. I don't think we should cut him any slack whatsoever, just because things happened to work out so wonderfully for all of us.

What he was trying to do was pure evil, just like Jordan said! We have to rally and really stick it to him!"

Kate clearly remained wiped out from the fucking, but she even managed to briefly pump a fist at the end of her passionate spiel. Then she went back to cuddling and caressing her new lover.

Erin commented, "Wow, Kate. I'm surprised you're even conscious, much less saying all that so articulately. Are you feeling better?"

Kate was still in pretty bad shape. Her face was bathed in sweat, with her bangs matted to her forehead. But she clenched her teeth with determination. "True, I may not look my best, and my pussy feels like it was just filled with a Mack truck, but I've never felt better! But I'm outraged at the same time, because Jack has threatened my honey! I don't care that Ryan just fucked me for the first time, or that I barely even knew him until a few hours ago. The fact is, we're bonded together tightly! He owns me, body and soul, and I'm one of his personal sluts! I'm in love, and I don't care who knows!"

She smiled warmly and lovingly at him, causing him to smile back. She cuddled into his chest and ran a hand up and down whatever she wasn't pressing against.

She continued, directly to him, "Ryan, honey, you're MY man." She looked down at his flaccid penis and held it in her hand. "True, I have to share you with Erin and Monica, and probably Jordan now too, and who knows how many other buxom and gorgeous personal sluts you have?" She paused significantly, hoping he'd answer that question with a specific number.

However, he didn't take the bait.

So she continued, while she continued to caress his flaccidness, "The Beast certainly gets around, and I'm okay with that. But that doesn't change the fact that I belong to you now in a powerful way! I know that, on one level, I'm merely one of your many big-titted and sexy fuck pets. I wouldn't be sitting here naked, with your cum slowly oozing out of my pussy, if I didn't have this body, this face, and especially

these big breasts." She pulled back slightly and seductively ran both her hands up and down her upper body, as if trying to sell herself.

Even though Ryan was flaccid and sexually satiated, he was awed at the ravishing sight before him.

Holy fuck! That face. That body. Those tits! I swear, I'll never get used to her breathtaking beauty!

She grinned slyly, pleased at the expression on his face. She cupped her massive globes from below as she continued, "It's frustrating that, with my looks, I can't have you all for my own. But, like I said, I'm okay with that. Given what you can do with The Beast, I would expect nothing less. Look at how quickly you turned my entire life upside down. I feel a deeper connection with you that both frightens me and thrills me. Yes, I'm one of your personal sluts, and I'm only starting to know you, but I'm totally in love with you just the same! And since you're MY man, anybody who fucks with you fucks with me!" She longingly reached her hand towards him again.

He saw that, reached for that hand, and gave it a powerful squeeze. They shared another loving look. He said, "Thanks! I obviously don't know you that well yet either, but I feel what you feel too. It's early days, but I hope those feelings between us will grow and grow. There's no reason we can't both fall madly in love with each other, so long as you understand I'll always have my other women. Especially the ones you see here." He briefly nodded towards Erin, and then Monica, but his wording left open the possibility that he was referring to Jordan too.

Kate stared up at him dreamy-eyed and almost teary-eyed. "Of course! I'm going to be constantly jealous and embarrassed in having to share you, but it seems that being frustrated and humiliated is kind of a big part of being one of your personal sluts, and I'll just have to deal with that. In fact, as long as you fuck me a lot, and let me suck and titfuck your cock a lot, I actually PREFER sharing you!"

She turned her gaze from Ryan to the others, looking at them one by one. "Especially with Erin and Monica. I get a special tingle thinking about all of the countless blowjobs we'll share together. I already know it's even more fun and arousing that way. And it's not just the sexual pleasure. We've ALL grown a lot closer tonight, haven't we? Something special has happened tonight to all of us, together!"

Erin reached out and clasped Kate's other hand. "I hear you, sister!" She thought to herself, She acts like she has to endure being sexually humiliated, but I think that's actually her favorite part!

Monica similarly nodded and said, "Amen! Especially about all the shared blowjobs to come." She winked playfully.

Kate smiled encouragingly at Erin and then at Monica, but then her face turned hard and mean. "That said, let's not talk about that right now. We need to deal with Jack! Like I said, he needs to PAY! For all we know, he still thinks his prank is in motion. We should use that to our advantage. We can play along for a little while, if need be, then turn things around and make the joke on HIM!"

Monica reached out to give Kate a high-five, only to realize that Kate wasn't looking her way and was too out of it to easily notice. But still, she hissed encouragingly, "YESSSSS!" and gesticulated wildly. "¡Jack es un tarado! ¡Cara de verga! ¡Deberíamos cortarle el rabo a ese escurridizo bastardo y metérselo en la garganta hasta que se atragante!" ("Jack is a douchebag! A dickface! We need to snip off the cock of that sneaky bastard and shove it down his throat until he chokes!")

Seeing the others were staring at her with blank faces, she said, "What? Okay, obviously, I don't mean that literally, I'm just saying. That's how he makes me feel!"

Realizing that Monica didn't realize she'd just been speaking in Spanish, Erin smiled and said, "English, please. You were just talking in Spanish again. Something about a 'tarado'?"

Monica replied a bit sheepishly, but still very passionately, "Oh, sorry. A 'tarado' is a douchebag, and a

'cara de verga' is a dickface. The rest, I got a bit carried away. It's probably better I don't translate that. The thing is, now that you've brought it up again, I'm SO ANGRY! Jack is such an... UGH! ¡Astuto bastardo!" (Sneaky bastard). "Ryan, I may not have completely fallen for you like Kate has, but I still feel very strongly for you. And since you're my... well, not boyfriend exactly..."

"Owner," Kate helpfully suggested. "He owns your sexy ass."

But Monica didn't like the sound of that, even if she wasn't willing to deny it. Instead, she just said, "Well, whatever one calls it, that makes it especially personal. I can't stand by and let this injustice stand!"

Erin said, "Hear, hear. I feel the exact same way. But let's not just vent and shake our fists. We need a PLAN! What's our plan? Jordan, I know you may be feeling a bit like an outsider right now. Hell, you haven't even properly licked or stroked The Beast yet. But you feel the same way we do about Jack, so feel free to join us in putting our heads together and not only come up with a plan, but put it into action!"

Jordan spoke with some relief. "Thanks. I'd be glad to, and I'd be honored. We third floor Kappas should stick together. Well, except for Nancy, perhaps."

Kate grumbled, "Ah, yes, Nancy. We're going to have to deal with her, one way or another. But that's a problem for later."

Ryan and the four women spent the next ten minutes brainstorming about what to do with Jack. The problem was that they lacked up-to-date information. They weren't even sure if he was still at the party, although they figured the odds were very good that he was. They also didn't know if he'd given up on his prank, if he'd looked hard for Ryan, and other important factors.

So they decided the first thing to do was gather some more information. Jordan felt like she was only on the fringe of the group, and she wanted to ingratiate herself with the others so she could be more accepted. She hadn't had any sort of sex with Ryan yet, but after what she'd seen and heard, she knew she wanted that to happen, and soon. As a result, she volunteered to be the one to go back to the party and find out what was happening with Jack. Since she wasn't known to be closely associated with Kate, she could talk to Jack without any hint of his prank on Ryan coming up. If he did bring it up, she intended to act completely clueless about it.

Jordan put her robe back on and then went to her room to freshen up and change into clothes for the party.

While she was gone, the others stayed on the bed, arguing about what to do. Kate was feeling better all the time, and she managed to sit up like the others.

Their main idea was to catch Jack saying something so awful that he'd get in trouble. Kate had a tape recorder that easily fit into a pocket, which she used to record lectures. At a minimum, they figured they could use that. But they preferred finding a way to record him with a video camera as well, just to make sure the evidence against him was completely incontrovertible. They also toyed with the idea of getting him to say something damning in front of other witnesses.

Kate had a small video camera as well, but it was no spy camera, so using it could be risky. Furthermore, there was the problem of figuring out what they could get Jack to say that would be seen as truly damning. They presumed it would be easy to get him to confess his prank against Ryan to Kate, if Kate played along with disliking Ryan. However, that wouldn't mean much at all to others in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority or Jack's SAE (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) fraternity. In both groups, Ryan was a total non-entity (except for his new friends Kate, Erin, Monica, and now Jordan), and nobody would care much if someone like him was pranked. Jack had done worse to outsiders like him, and

people just laughed.

So they discussed other options. They hoped they could get him to say or do something to at least piss off the other Kappas, enough so that he'd be banned from future KKG events, at a bare minimum. SAE had a reputation both locally and nationally as a particularly misogynist fraternity. For instance, people often joked with dark humor that SAE stood for "sexual assault expected". Jack seemed to be the stereotypical womanizing macho jock, so they figured the odds were good they could catch him saying or doing something offensive to women that would anger the other Kappas.

They came up with a variety of different scenarios that seemed promising, but they didn't know for sure what he'd say or do. As a result, they thought up various fall-back plans. If one approach didn't work, they'd try another. They figured they had a lot of latitude as long as he didn't suspect that they were out to get him, and right now he had no reason at all to suspect that.

Jordan came back from her mission less than ten minutes later. She knocked on Monica's door, and the others got up off the bed and let her in. She was dressed in a sexy, revealing white dress. (She knew white emphasized the surprisingly light shade of her platinum blonde hair.)

As soon as the door was closed, and with the other four standing around her, she announced with a fire in her eyes, "Good news! Jack is still at the party. I found him in the basement pool, with his friend Vince and some other SAE friends of that ilk. There were a few Kappas there with them. About eight people in all. I figure it should be easy for one of us to peel Jack off for a one-on-one conversation if that's the plan."

Erin asked, "Are any of them using the pool or the hot tub?"

Jordan replied, "Nah. But most of them are in bathing suits. Maybe they were in the water before, or using the sauna, or perhaps they haven't gotten to it yet. Or it could just be they like having an excuse to show off their bodies in skimpy bathing suits."

Monica pointed out, "That could help us. If we want to get Jack to attempt to commit some sex crime, it can only help if he sees one of us in a bikini first. Get him too horny to think straight!"

Ryan butted in, "By the way, what's the deal about the basement pool area? I tried to go there earlier, but I couldn't even find the door."

Kate spoke with a haughty tone and waved a hand dismissively. "Yeah, we make it hard to find, in order to keep out the riffraff. The door is locked and unmarked." Then she remembered who she was talking to. "Um, not to imply that you're riffraff! From now on, you can go there whenever you like. I'll make sure of that!"

She sat up stiffly, striking a sexy pose. "Consider that you have free run of this whole sorority building, just like you have free run of my entire body!" She thrust her bare tits out at him enticingly.

He grinned at her newly apologetic attitude. He was trying not to react to her sexy come-on, so they could stay focused. "Don't worry about it. I know what you mean. It makes sense you'd want some security there so your sorority sisters will feel free to wear bikinis or whatnot."

Kate scooted closer to him and put her hands on his chest. She was mostly recovered from the fucking, and easily arousable. She purred, "Emphasis on the 'whatnot' part. We often go topless or even bottomless there, not to get a tan obviously, since it's the basement, but just because it's naughty and fun!"

He furrowed his brow, trying to imagine the "old" Kate doing that. "But I thought that you were very sexually restrained up until tonight?"

Kate caressed his bare chest. "Oh, I was. I never went topless there, or anywhere else. Others did.

Heck, I rarely went to the pool at all. But now that I'm one of your personal sluts, that's all changed! I can't wait to reserve some private time down there. We'll be able to swim in the nude, play around, and have fun. It'll be an extra thrill for me to suck your cock down there, in such a large room, where there's an extra sense of danger! Mmmm..."

She unthinkingly stretched her jaw as her mouth began to water. That definitely needs to happen, and soon! I wonder if it's possible to suck him underwater, even? I can't wait to find out!

She slid a hand down to his crotch. She could see that he was still flaccid, but she hoped a little bit of fondling would change that. She got up on her tip-toes and whispered huskily in his ear, "I'm going to suck your cock SO VERY MUCH! You definitely picked the right busty beauty to tame and own! I can hardly wait to st-"

Kate was cut off, because Erin tapped insistently on her shoulder. "Kate, please. Not now. For one thing, I can tell that The Beast is sleeping and you're not going to wake him up that easily. But also: Jack! Can we focus on that problem and deal with him first?"

"Oh, right. Sorry." Kate pulled away from Ryan and then surprisingly got off the bed altogether. She was feeling increasingly frisky, and she wanted to remove herself from temptation. She stood a couple of feet away with her hands at her sides, as if at attention. She looked around. "Where were we?"

Monica said, "Let's get Jordan up to speed on what we've been talking about while she was gone. Then let's come up with a very specific plan, and put it into action!" She clapped her hands. "Come on, people! Let's get this show on the road!"

Kate responded, "You're just in a big hurry because you're eager for your turn to get fucked."

Monica grinned impishly. "Damn straight I am! Even though he's probably going to wreck my poor, tiny pussy with his huge Beast. But so what if I've got my motives? We all want to get this Jack crap over with, don't we?"

With Monica leading the way, the group quickly got Jordan up to speed. Jordan also told them all she could about her "recon" to the party, although there wasn't much to tell since she'd chickened out and didn't actually speak to Jack. She admitted that she'd chickened out because he was with several SAE friends.

Taking into account their new information, the group soon came up with a refined plan. The only remaining issue was figuring out who should put it in motion.

Kate, who had settled into a chair next to the bed, said, "I should do it. I feel partially responsible. This might have never happened if Jack didn't assume I'd go along with his prank. And to my great shame, I probably would have gone along with it had I not had my world turned upside down."

Monica took Kate's hand and squeezed it supportively. "Don't blame yourself. This was entirely Jack's doing. You never would have done a stunt like that on your own, right?"

"True, but only because I had a stick way up my ass. I was so uptight that I had no sense of humor at all. Now, I feel... loose!" She wiggled her body and shook her hands in the air, as if she were discovering how her body worked. "It feels good!"

Erin said, "I'm very glad for you about that. But be that as it may, there are some big problems with you taking the lead. Most crucially, I'm concerned that your feelings for Ryan have grown so strong in such a short time that you'll quickly blow your cover. When Jack starts insulting Ryan - and you know he will if Ryan's name comes up at all - you're bound to go ballistic!"

Kate dramatically stood up and then put her hands on her hips, causing her immense round tits to sway. "Give me some credit. I'm a great actress, if I do say so myself. And I should know, because becoming

a princess doesn't come naturally, you know. My whole life has basically been an act, a pose." She struck a sexy pose, more to titillate Ryan than to demonstrate the obvious fact of what a "pose" was.

Erin got up off the bed and stood up. She also put her hands on her hips and stared at Kate critically. "Really? Because I doubt that. Maybe your snotty princess pose started out as an act, but after doing it so long, didn't it more or less become you at some point?"

After a long pause, Kate said sadly, "Maybe so. But even so, it's basically been a fake life, and I have to say not what I really want to say, but what I think people want me to say, or what I'm expected to say.

And I've had to put on lots of different faces. For instance, what about my previous dating life? I had to act like a real life Barbie doll. I'd be all smiles and charms and flirty moves while never letting my lust take control, never letting the guy get anywhere. That takes a lot of acting ability, a lot of self-control!" She looked around challengingly.

The others didn't dispute that.

She continued, "Or what about when I'm with my parents? You don't even want to know the full story there. But let's just say that I put on a whole different kind of act when I'm with them. Believe me, I'm very, very good at hiding my true feelings!"

Erin continued to stare at Kate critically from close up. "Hrm. You make some good points, I'll grant, but this has got to be a completely brand new situation for you. You've never been in love before. Your hormones are running wild, I'm sure. You have no idea how you'll really behave in this novel situation until it happens. And if you show your true feelings for Ryan, you'll screw everything up. We'll lose the element of surprise!"

Kate sighed. She stepped back, took her hands off her hips, and slumped slightly where she stood. "Ugh! I suppose you're right. But it's got to be me. He's not going to talk about his prank with anyone else. Besides, who's to say that you won't be strongly affected by your new emotions about Ryan too? Or you, Monica?"

Monica raised a hand from where she still sat on the bed. "Um, I think I'd better sit this one out. I'd love to nail that motherfucker to the wall, and then shit down his throat, but I wear my emotions on my sleeve way too much. If you want some kind of attack squad to literally kick his ass, just say the word and I'll be the first to sign up. But if you're talking about subtlety and lots of sneaky lying, it's better not to rely on me."

Jordan, also still on the bed, said, "What about me? I'm on your guys' side, but haven't been very affected by Ryan or The Beast yet. I can keep my cool."

Erin said, "That's true, but I'm not entirely sure that you can be counted on, for that very reason. You're not yet one of the converted. I'm thinking you'd do better as 'the bait', if it comes to that. You'd still have a role, but you wouldn't have to talk to Jack much, if at all."

"I could do that," Jordan said, stiffening up proudly. "I definitely want to help out in some way. I'm totally with you guys. And given my Miss Sluttypants reputation, I'd make good bait."

"True," Erin replied. "Thanks. But hopefully it won't come to that." She looked back to the others. "Anyway, I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm the ideal choice. It can't be denied that I have been powerfully affected by Ryan. I'm one of his personal sluts now; there's no doubt about that. And yet, I'm kind of known as the more level-headed one, the voice of reason, at least compared to you and you."

She looked at Kate and then Monica to make clear who she meant. She added, "I'm not saying I'd win the world series of poker with my poker face, but compared to you two, it's a no-brainer. Monica,

you're hot-headed in general, and Kate, you're moony and star-struck about Ryan right now. It's really hard to hide that, even if you are a great actress. For instance, you have a sort of 'just fucked' glow on top of a 'head over heels in love' glow, on top of a general redness in the face due to blushing for most of the night. That'll start him wondering what's so different about you, and why, from the get-go."

Jordan said to Kate, "Erin makes a good point."

Ryan nodded. "She does. Can we agree that Erin should take the lead in talking to Jack downstairs?" Kate, Monica, and Jordan nodded with varying degrees of reluctance.

He clapped his hands, "Okay, then. Let's go! It's time for some payback!"