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"So?" Liz wasn’t exactly subtle in her questioning "Want to tellon?"
Head down, Myra said, "We, ahh"
"Yeah, I figured ‘you, ahh’"
Myra peered up into a face of acceptance and not of scolding, not of judgment In fact, she saw the face of a sister "Oh,love onderful, but I never i her voice lohen she asked, "Do you love hi came out
Did she? Could she? "I can’t love him, Lizzy I can’t stay here"
"Woainst our nature not to So, hoas it?"
Myra hid her face behind the tips of her fingers, s into them, and then launched into details wo e room, under hushed tones Todd smiled into his coffee and took the ties in Myra’s and his relationship
They had taken ‘playing house’ to a new level, but what surprised him was his lack of concern over the ht before kept hisback to the picture of Myra naked and aroused in his bed
Myra’s theory of the inity was only conceivable if he believed her story He tried not to, but found hiether, the intruder should move on now if Myra’s theory was correct But hoould their late night visitor know he and Myra had been intimate?
Worse, what if he was si for an opportunity to find her alone?
Todd didn’t like any of the scenarios he ca the safety of his ho in with Liz Well, that at least was easily fixed
The tomen clammed up the minute he set foot into the roolance, and said, "My ears were burning, hope you don’t led in beside her on the sofa, and lazily placed his arm over her shoulders
"Hey, mom?" A boy’s voice yelled from beyond the front door, before he took the liberty to open it
"In here," Liz called out, directing her son
Simon McAlister, at eleven years old, stood five feet five His lanky body was stretched further by the skinny jeans he wore His hair was unfashionably long forfrom Simon’s hand and ie
He hurried in the room and nodded toward Todd and Myra "Hey"
Todd save back
"Simon, this is Myra MacCoinnich and Officer Todd Blakely"
"Just Todd is fine"
"Hey" Sied his shoulders
"I’ve heard a lot about you, Simon ‘Tis a pleasure to finally meet you," Myra said
"My mom said you knohere Tara is Is that true?"
"Aye"
"You’re going to take us to see her, right?"
Myra glanced at Todd, then back to Simon "I am" "Cool" With that business out of the way, Simon moved on to much more important matters "Hey, Mom, I found this on the driveway" He held up a cell phone and waved it for her to see "It was just laying there Can I keep it?"