Neptune's Ring by Ali Spooner Page A

slightest touch made them grow erect. Levi
closed her eyes and imagined the hands on her body were Vanessa’s.
She was amazed at how excited she became and when her fingers
entered her body, she was slippery with excitement. She leaned back
against the shower wall as her fingers brought her intense pleasure
as she dreamed of Vanessa. Her body shuddered with release and Levi
rinsed the evidence of her self induced pleasure down the
drain.
    Levi stepped from the shower and heard the
blast of the horn as it signaled time for departure and she felt
the ship begin to move as she toweled her body dry.
    Nat woke when she felt Liz’s weight on the
bed as she sat down beside her lover.
    “Good morning,” Liz said. “Are you ready for
some coffee?”
    “Morning Sweetheart, yes, coffee sounds
great,” Nat said, as she sat up in the bed and propped against the
pillows. “Thanks,” she said as she took the coffee from Liz.
    “Did you sleep well?” Liz asked.
    “I barely remember crawling into bed,” Nat
said.
    “Aww, just another day before Levi gets
back,” Liz said.
    “Not a moment too soon either, her absence
reminds me that I am not young anymore,” Nat said.
    “You are still plenty young enough, Baby we
have just gotten spoiled by Levi.”
    “That is so true. If we take on a new resort
things will have to change again,” Nat said.
    “We had just started discussing that last
night, when we got busy,” Liz said. “What is in that plan of
yours?”
    “I really think someone needs to be there to
oversee things, but I am not willing to be apart from you for any
length of time,” Nat said.
    “That is sweet. So who do you have in
mind?”
    “Well Vanessa has the cruise line, so I think
she is not an option, which only leaves Levi. I suggest we place
her on salary and replace her as the bartender here and send her to
the island to monitor the progress.”
    “How do you think she and Vanessa will feel
about that?” Liz asked.
    “That, I don’t know,” Nat said. “Levi could
live in the owner’s house while on the island and she could fly
back here when Vanessa is in port,” she suggested.
    “What if the island is really haunted?” Liz
asked.
    “Do you really believe that it could be?” Nat
asked.
    “I don’t want to rule anything out
completely,” Liz said, surprising Nat.
    “I didn’t think you believe in ghosts, baby,”
Nat chuckled.
    “Do I need to remind you that Simone didn’t
believe in curses either and look what has happened to her,” Liz
said.
    “You know I could have gone all day without
the mention of Simone,” Nat said.
    “I am sorry, but it is a prime example.”
    “Ok Baby, as usual you are right,” Nat
conceded.
    “If we think the island is really haunted
then we will not enter into the venture,” Nat said. “I would never
put Levi in a situation where she was in harm’s way.”
    “I know that, Sweetie,” I am just thinking
about all the variables.
    Nat sat her coffee cup beside the bed. “That
is part of what I love about you, My Sweet,” she said as she kissed
Liz.
    Del woke and dressed quietly and left the
suite leaving Simone purring away in her sleep. She collected all
her clothes and headed back to her room, placing the do not disturb
sign on the door. She showered and dropped naked into her bed,
determined to sleep the day away.
    Levi dressed and left the room. It was still
over an hour away from the time she agreed to have lunch with
Vanessa and Killian so she walked around the ship until she found
herself in the casino. The ladies were already crowded around the
card tables and slot machines as she waded through the crowd. Levi
found a vacant seat at a slot and pulled a twenty out of her pocket
and slipped it into the machine. She pulled the arm down and
watched the wheel roll and land on a non-winning line. She laughed
and placed her next bet and pulled the arm again, now the victim of
the entrancing slot machine. She made several pulls before she hit
her