Jenny and Alex find ways to incentivize each other.

This chapter is mostly prelude, with a little teasing play. The entire beginning of the series is a slow buildup.

Read and enjoy.

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"What kind of incentive are you talking about?" my sister-in-law Jenny asked me, suddenly intrigued.

"I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," I answered with a grin, sipping on my half-full mug of Guinness.

"Come on! I'm desperate for some kind of motivation to get me off this plateau," she pleaded. "If it worked that well for you..."

"Oh, it wouldn't work for you anyway."

"And why not?"

"Remember, I was a...