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"Man’s work," Ryker states

"Daers too"

He laughs behind et into the kitchen, I introduce hiive hier patties I entrust Ryker to her care, though, so I can go start the grill, and even think briefly to myself, I wonder if they’d have any interest in each other?

Probably not Delaney is a workaholic and she’d never leave Manhattan

I step out onto the back deck andin one of the swings while Ben is working the monkey bars

My eyes shift back to Kate, and she looks so beautiful sitting there Everything seerateful, because I sure as hell don’t knohat I’d do if she kickedaddicted to her special co-hot sexiness

The last tiht I so stupidly let my inner douchiness come out when I saw Gina’s pictures weren’t unpacked I wasn’t lying to her That was just a product ofthat pain onto soression and let ht She and I fucked all night long I stayed in her bed, inter with her, only to wake up with another hard-on and the need to fuck her again Over and over and when the sun cah

I felt alasm, the more she’d be okay hat I was able to offer her

I haven’t been able to get near her since then because, dauest roo to her bitch if we’re busted But Delaney’s leaving to on a planned trip to Nova Scotia to stay with our parents for about ten days and then going to go see Gina’s parents while there so they can spend soivesthe first round of the playoffs that start the day after next--and s I could do to her in this house e’re alone

Suddenly, Ben lets out a wail and I see hiround underneath the h me and I jet toward the deck stairs and launch otten hihtly around her neck and his face is pressed into her shoulder as he cries loudly

"What happened?" I say anxiously as I coivessmile "He fell off the bars Knocked the breath out of him is all I think he’s more scared than hurt"

My heart rate immediately starts to cal worse in the world than hearing that from your child

"You okay, buddy?" I ask as I brush the hair back fro fat glistening tears pooling and then spilling