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Teri giggled, suddenly so happy she wanted to sing--and she had a terrible voice Whenever she broke into song, the dogs in the neighborhood joined in Using a special phone Bobby handed her, she called Rachel and asked if she’d cover for her the next few days and pro up the receiver, she thought of so else "I don’t have any form of birth control, either"

His s look stole over his face "I’d like to get you pregnant," he said softly "With your wide hips, you should have an easy birth"

The o through labor"

"I would if it was possible I don’t think I could stand to see you suffer"

Was it any wonder she loved him? "Okay, but there’s one little fact you should know No child ofto have the smarts to be a chess chaument "Good I want my child to live a more noras nearly three hours later, they were ushered into another limo and driven down the Strip Teri opened the sunroof and stood with her head and arettingher dia for them in the penthouse suite of a posh casino hotel The roo was ready All Teri had to do was sign the paperwork and show her identification

Then she and Bobby exchanged vows James was the witness Two minutes after the cereain "Can I make love to you now?" he asked

He was so sincere, so sweet She nodded "Please"

Bobby led her into the bedrooht

All at once, Teri was nervous She was no novice to bedroom antics As one of her loser boyfriends had said, she’d been around the block more often than the mailman While she wasn’t happy about her past, she wasn’t asha she had in this world to have corets she had faded the instant Bobby took her in his arenerous and tender For her, it ht as well have been the first ti in his arms, she wept silently He kissed her tears away and explored her body with his hands and lips, between the sweetest and most exquisite of kisses

"I love you," she whispered

"Do you think I gave you a baby?" he asked

"Hmm" Teri considered his question "I’hed and she thought she’d never heard hi she was capable of pleasing him

In the wee hours, she woke to find Bobby leaning on one elbow staring down at her With his index finger, he outlined the shape of her eyebrow Teri sain?" he asked shyly

Her smile widened, and she threw her arms around his neck, and let him know she had absolutely no objections

They slept late, only to be awakened by Ja that Bobby was needed downstairs

At the noise, Bobby leaped out of bed, glanced at the clock and searched frantically for his pants "I’?" For modesty’s sake, Teri pulled up the sheet to cover her naked breasts She dropped it There was no reason to be shy with Bobby Her husband had spent plenty of tiht before

"I have a tournament here" He jerked up his pants and scrabbled around for his socks and shoes

"This ?"

"Yes At nine" He found his shirt and buttoned it crookedly She crawled across the bed and refastened it for hio I’m sorry," he told her

"Me, too My favorite ti"

His eyes widened "Stay here," he said, his voice husky He cleared his throat and spoke again "I’ll be back Soon"

"But…"

He pointed at her and at the bed, and stammered, "Please Order breakfast, have a…have a shower, but…don’t leave this room"

"I won’t," she proed in a deep breath

"Co at the foot of the bed

Ja her aruaranteed his return "That was for luck"

Bobby’s breathing went shallow, and he backed out of the room