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As if he had been waiting all of his life

He didn’t kno less He didn’t knohere they were anymore, nor did he care He moved and moved, and felt as if he moved deeper into her with each touch, and it seee burst of fire that would consus in his o, until he felt the eruption in the softness of her body, the sweet feh hieance

Ripples, afterquakes, see, no words co to their mouths, and still, he knew, if he tried to speak, he would be too breathless to do so He didn’t want to speak, to think of tione by, of the distance that lay between their real worlds It was best just to take these moments, the darkness and shadows around the could last forever

In tiood if you didn’t ainst hi down his chest "I didn’tfro

She laughed "I didn’t s like that are so easy to say I’ve always cared about you, and I think ould have, and…"

"I think so, too And it was really a long, long time for all that tension to build up!" he told her

She was so relaxed It was ho to hihter and honesty that been theirs once when they’d been so young

"Liaainst her lips "Let’s take tonight, hmm?" he queried softly Tenderly now, and with time and care, he pressed his lips to her forehead, to her throat and to her lips "It was a lot of tension, you know Tons of tension, and…"

She didn’t seem to mind She was slow and lazy then, just as he pressed his point in an achingly slow and thorough th of her body, luxuriating in the perfection of each limb, the incredible sleekness of her skin, the wonder of her breasts, belly, calves, thighs and everything in between And she in turn teased with an erotic touch that was equally slow and taunting, hispered words against his flesh, until neither could bear it any longer and they becas locked around hi to a roar and his breath as frantic as a man deprived…for years

He never stirred froo ho, either

The moon was full out; it hat they called the wee s

And still, of course, it was Key West So around on Duval Street Workers--servers, ers, musicians--many cold sober, would be annoyed at those who drank themselves silly and had to be carried hoin to rise

In another hour or so, the early creould be out There wasn’tfishing charters, dive boats, snorkel boats and sightseeing trips Restaurant personnel orked breakfast venues would be struggling up, and the earliest coffee places would start to prepare for the day Those on the night shift at the desks, bell men, bouncers, security workers and others would be bored, idling away their tie in-between hour that ca He e, totally hidden within hi

He stood for awhere he stood, the sight, the memory, the scent

He looked over at the house His enjoyment faded, and he felt bitterness well inside hi there, with her, in her roo with her

It didn’t matter He was protected, and they were all blind, and it was euphoria to watch the no idea of all that went on that they didn’t see

It was no matter, truly The house was still his, and he needed Kelsey Donovan There was no way that Beckett could be there all the tio to work He had to do things

He s in the house, and he would be in the house again And it would be a with her, and he’d changed the locks, and he was so self-confident, and he would never know

Maybe so could happen to the cop

He calmed himself He inhaled

And he inhaled the scent of death

Ah, yes, different, but the expression was still there… Of course, they were idiots He’d thought they would have found the last victiood at what he did