Beth knew now was the time to either go for it, or back off. She looked down at the way Pam seemed entranced by the sight before her, and she made her decision. Passing again behind Ron, his hands now each occupied with Beth's self-proclaimed important medical procedure, Pam kept her right hand down against her thigh, and pressed into Ron much as before, and as she sensed his towel begin to loosen once again, she gently pinched some of it in her fingers and tugged. It was risky, but she hoped that her jostling of Ron as she passed would conceal the slight, but potentially discernable tug.

Ron had...