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Then Lily jumped back quickly and crashed into Adam who instinctively put his arms around her to catch her, and after a tense moment they retreated to opposite sides of the pool like oil and water Yeah, that one was just a matter of ti that it would soon just be Mark and Dreith soirls, the Phillies, a case of Bud and a box of Trojans

Later we sat and dried out in lounge chairs, listening to ht out cold beer for everyone Theto the Rolling Stones Braden had put out a soft towel especially for Bruno next to his water bowl and he was blissfully napping in the shade This was good, very good No crazy shoplifters or elderly potheads or naked drunk drivers, just

"So, Lily, on’t you tell us your pen name?" Mark asked with a cute senre," she answered

"Fans of ro her an intense look that see about pn , Ada her eyes

"Did I say pn ? I was just asking her if she was referring to novels by Nora Roberts or novels by Nabokov" He took a swig of his beer He could even e chair He was like the King of Swagger

"Ada Nora Roberts fan," Mark deadpanned which lared at them malevolently

"She’s obviously ereat works of literature that she’s produced," Ada "You think I’m embarrassed just because I have a pen na alone who happens to write erotic books reater than me have had pen names In fact, V Sirin was the pen name of …"

"Vladimir Nabokov," Adam finished for her "I’lish, for your inforot up and headed for the house "I’ to take a nap before dinner," he added and shot her a backward glance that I could have sworn held an invitation I saw her let out a deep breath, put her head back and close her eyes

"Is there soestively

"Yeah, an epic battle," she answered She went in herself a fewhim up on that invitation

Eventually the rest of us decided to go in to shower and get out of the sun When I went up to our rooht I heard quiet voices around the corner, but whoever it was stopped talking when I one to check with Theresa and he let everyone know that dinner would be at six It was four at that point so we settled in to wash off and change our clothes