I opened an eye, he looked mesmerized and as if he was really going to drive his excitement up again, so while I was rinsing my hair I jokingly sprayed him.
“Och nae!”
“I’m going to hose you down, Torin, we’ve already made love like five times, we gotta go get food.”
He joked, “I am verra hungry, but ye did promise ye wouldna say no tae me.”
I sprayed him again. “I changed my mind, my mood is going to go bad if I’m not fed. This is too much sex, not enough food.”
He took the shower handle and rinsed off all of himself and then me. “Ye are nude, my wife, tis a promise. I canna bear it, I must hae ye if ye are so close.”
I put the handle back in its spot and turned off the water. “We have to go eat, you’ll have to wait, my love.”
He sighed, dramatically.
I stepped from the shower and wrapped in a towel. “Better? I’m hidden.”
He said, “Och, I am made tae suffer.”
I laughed and tossed another towel at him and we both dried off.
2
ALEXANDRIA
JULY 8TH, 2004 - LAUREL RIDGE KITCHEN
My phone rang.
“Hello?”
Jen’s voice, “Girlfriend, I want to come hear all about it.”
I glanced over at Torin. Now that I thought about it, this day was going to need to be more chill than breakfast out at the diner and a museum.Thathad been exuberant Lexi from last night. Morning Lexi had barely slept. I needed coffee before I could go get breakfast, but I was too hungry to wait.
I said, “You got eggs? I need eggs, I’m out.”
I heard her look in her fridge. “Ten, and a coffee cake I bought because I was hungry at the store.”
“If you bring it, I’ll tell you everything over breakfast.”
“Is your hot brother still there?”
“Nope, he’s gone.”
“Fine, I’m still on my way, but I won’t wear makeup.”
I hungup and looked over at Torin, he had stopped mid-toweling to watch me. “Who ye talkin’ tae?”
“On the phone, I’m talking to Jen, at her house.”
“Without raisin’ yer voice at all?”
I nodded.
“How far away dost she live?”
“A few miles.”
