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“That reminds me We’ll have to ensure that one of the three weeks coincides with your cycle Othere ht have to be celibate for four weeks”
“You think of everything, Professor”
Gabriel’s eyes appeared to darken “I have needs”
She pressed their chests together, bringing her mouth inches from his
“As do I, Professor I’ your injured parts”
“Injured parts?”
“I’ll take very good care of you and all your parts You’ll need me to be your nurse”
Gabriel slid his hands down to cup her backside
“I like the sound of that A nurse, a librarian, a student, a professor—is there no end to your talents, Mrs Emerson?”
“None In fact, I have another secret identity”
“Oh, really?”
She brought her lips to the curve of his ear, “I’m also Lois Lane”
“I think I’ll need to pick up my Superman suit from the dry cleaners”
“Merry Christave her a heated look, heavy with proreed to pursue this?”
“Yes”
“And we’ve also agreed that we aren’t going to start a faraduate This is all—preliminary”
She smiled and kissed him, and then they decided to delay dinner in favor of celebratory kitchen table sex during which Gabriel pretended to be Super crime
(It must be said that superhero kitchen table sex was an even better doular kitchen table sex)
A few hours later, Julia and Gabriel sat on the floor in their bedrooh Sharon’s boxes They found photo albums filled with baby and toddler pictures They found toys and the bracelet Julia had worn in the hospital when she was born
She was surprised that her mother kept the baby memorabilia She was evenpicture, along with a series of photos from their courtship There were even a few family pictures that predated the divorce
One box held costume jewelry and scarves and photos of Sharon with different men Gabriel watched as Julia disposed of those pictures with barely a glance Given what he knew about Sharon’s behavior with her boyfriends, he understood why Julia would want all er across the back of her hand, caressing the knuckles “You have a hoave him a little smile, but it didn’t touch her eyes
She looked in vain for her s But they’d likely been pawned long ago She couldn’t remember the last time she’d seen the her s, she was sorely disappointed The materials they found didn’t explain why Sharon decided that the baby girl she initially loved to distraction beca household presence They didn’t explain how alcohol and sex beca?” Gabriel’s voice broke into her thoughts
“A whole life Three boxes What a waste”