High Stakes (2014)
“The air was cool, so he pulled up the sheet and blanket.
“Wow!” she whispered, laying her head on his bare chest.
He chuckled. “Not bad for forty-seven.”
“Not bad at all.” She giggled like a schoolgirl. “We still got it, Patrick O’Neil.”
He kissed the top of her head. “That we do.” And thank God for that. These days, they needed the closeness sex had always brought, though they were in one of their mellow periods. “And God bless our educational system.” Sinead was at college and... Sean and Kathleen had been picked up by the school bus.
“And nannies.” The woman who watched Isabella, their youngest, had taken her to a play date. “Coffee?”
“Hmm. Love some.”
Stacking the pillows behind him, Pat sat up and watched Brie slide out of bed. She was tall and slender, though her body bore some of the signs of childbearing—a bit of a rounded tummy and fuller breasts.MoreLess
“Wow!” she whispered, laying her head on his bare chest.
He chuckled. “Not bad for forty-seven.”
“Not bad at all.” She giggled like a schoolgirl. “We still got it, Patrick O’Neil.”
He kissed the top of her head. “That we do.” And thank God for that. These days, they needed the closeness sex had always brought, though they were in one of their mellow periods. “And God bless our educational system.” Sinead was at college and... Sean and Kathleen had been picked up by the school bus.
“And nannies.” The woman who watched Isabella, their youngest, had taken her to a play date. “Coffee?”
“Hmm. Love some.”
Stacking the pillows behind him, Pat sat up and watched Brie slide out of bed. She was tall and slender, though her body bore some of the signs of childbearing—a bit of a rounded tummy and fuller breasts.MoreLess
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