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Ten years ago

Juliette

July in Louisiana had us in its grip The h it was aporch I could not stop touching Tyler I slippedhis ribs, over his chest and down the other side Back and forth a thousand tiers and sipped his sweat from my skin

“Babe,” he breathed, panting a little Which– it was seriously aerobic “We are so good at that”

I laughed The truth was – I had never in my life had sex the way that Tyler and I had sex I’d never been touched the way he touched me Or loved So loved it sounded corny and ridiculous but he loved me so much I felt cherished In the dirtiest way

And considering he was Tyler O’Neill and his bad reputation in Bonne Terre had been secured when he was in high school rade school– I was happy he was as bloay by our sex as I was And that he felt my love, too

I cherished hiuy hadn’t had a lot of cherishing in his life

I spent hours already this suure out orked like this Why I lost all my weird little self-conscious idiosyncrasies Why I was able to stay out of my head and deep in my body when he touched me

Chemistry and trust hat I came up with It was a powerful one two punch

“Like gold ood, don’t you think?”

“World cha the skin closest to ross, but no part of this e were nothing co to tell hi the first man to make me come

“I didn’t expect you out at Rehtly to face me He brushed the back of his hands down ether God We could not stop touching

“The band sounded good,” I said “Gatean on the trureat”

“Yeah, I think we’re getting that second set pretty tight But still, Jules, you don’t have to be out there every night”

“I told you, Ty,” I said “If you’re out there So airlfriend’s job?”

“Well, if the girlfriend is you I think the job is studying for the LSAT”

“Tyler, that’s months away”