But before he began gulping, his cell beeped Handel’s Messiah and he listened, wide-eyed, as Detective Moe Reed delivered a message so loudly even I could hear.

“Anonymous tip, sir, saying you should check out a website called SukRose.net.”

“Sounds exotic, Moses. Spell it.”

Reed said, “S-U-K, rose as in flower, dot net.”

Milo hung up and repeated that.

I said, “Before he spelled it, I heard sucrose as in sugar. Maybe as in daddy?”

He put down the milk and left the room. Was seated at my computer before I reached my office.

SukRose.net’s home page flashed purple and gold with bright red lettering.

“Classy,” he said. “What it lacks in subtlety it makes up in vulgarity.”

SUKROSE.NET
FOR UPPER-CRUST SUGAR DADDIES
AND STAR-QUALITY SWEETIES

Why we are a cut above the rest.

You’ve seen the others. Perhaps you’ve experienced them. And found out that making promises and delivering upon them are two separate things.

Nowhere but at SukRose.net will you find Sugar Daddies prescreened for financial, medical, as well as moral net worth.

Nowhere but at SukRose.net will you encounter Sweeties who really are sweet—brainy, sophisticated, lovable, and loving young women who desire more than the superficial and respond from the depths of their beings.

Nowhere but at SukRose.net will you personally benefit from rigorous geographical screening. Sure, it’s a big country. But not for discerning Sugar Daddies and Sweeties.

That’s why SukRose.net limits its membership to two clusters of meticulously researched zip-code databases: the elite environs of New York City and the elite environs of Los Angeles. And if that sometimes means a transcontinental flight on a Daddy’s Gulfstream while sipping Moët & Chandon and nibbling on beluga caviar?

Well, you know the answer: C’est la vie.

So cross our gilded portal and learn what SukRose.net has to offer. No obligations to potential Daddies who want to browse. No obligations ever to Sweeties. If you pass our rigorous screening, consider yourself accepted at one of the most exclusive clubs in the world.

ENTER

“Brainy and lovable,” he said.

I said, “And oh-so-loving when they respond from the depths of their beings. Who knew discussing Proust would be so popular?”

“Free browsing, let’s partake. Not that either of us would fit the bill.” Laughing. “For different reasons.”

The first page that came up in the Sweetie database was bordered by photos of a gorgeous young woman with long legs and golden, wavy hair.

Headshot, bikini shot, black-leotard ballet shot, bending over a pool table flashing cleavage, leaning on the rail of a boat flashing cleavage, sitting on a couch flashing cleavage.

Identical toothy smiles in every image. Impish combination of wholesome and corrupt.

SukRose Sweetie #22352
Codename: Bambee
Age: 22
Residence: Western Elite
Height: 5′5″
Weight: 111
Body Classification: Sylph (low body fat but endowed where it counts.)
Eye Color: Amber
Hair Color: Blond
Education: Dance school
Occupation: Yoga instructor
Habits: Social drinker, nonsmoker