“With no underwear,” Toby adds. “She definitely wouldn’t wear underwear. Then again, I don’t think any of the women wore panties back then. We were born in the wrong era, boys.”

“I like where you’re going with this,” I say. “In my mind, she would be wearing lots of gold jewelry and use black eyeliner in the corner of her eyes like Cleopatra. And have pretty feet in strappy leather sandals.”

“This gives me an idea,” Toby says. “I wonder if we could talk the Sweet Butts into dressing like Cleopatra for a night? We could tell them we’re holding a toga party, except they’ll be the only ones dressing up.”

Toby and I both crack up at his idea. The Sweet Butts would probably go for it. They’ll do pretty much anything we ask them to.

“Did Sampson and Delilah fuck?” Rocco asks. “Or was it only implied?”

“Definitely implied,” I say. “The wording is probably something like ‘loin to loin,’ which always makes me think of pork chops. Not sexy at all.”

“It’s the Bible,” Flint says in exasperation. “What do you expect? It’s not supposed to be sexy. Do you guys want to hear this story or not?”

I nod at him. “Sure, let’s hear it since you seem so damn determined to tell it.”

“Okay then, back to Sam and Lila. I mean Sampson and Delilah.”

I cut my eyes over at Toby and he grins back at me.

“Since you all seem to know parts of this story, I’ll recap the highlights. Delilah was a beautiful temptress who seduced Sampson with her feminine wiles. She convinced him to tell her the secret of his strength so that she could destroy him.”

“His long hair?” I guess. “Ha! See, I know that one.”

“Right,” Flint says. “She was playing Sampson the whole time just like your Lila is playing you. One night when he was sleeping with his head in her lap, she cut off all his hair. He trusted her and she betrayed him.”

“I can see how devastating that would be if he had luxurious hair like mine.” I flip my hair back from my forehead to make my point.

“What if she shaved your head in your sleep?” Toby says. “That would suck.”

“Do you really think she’ll cut off my hair?”

“No, don’t worry,” Toby says. “She’ll cut your dick off first.”

“The hair isn’t the point, you idiots,” Flint says. “The point is that he fell for her and she was fucking with him all along just to find out his secrets. He refused to see her for what she really was. Do you see any other similarities here, Sam? Like maybe Lila is seducing you to find out all of the Steel Infidel secrets?”

“Yeah, of course I get it. I’m not stupid. How does the story end?”