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It's pretty hideous, but still I tell her, "We'll get to itone day But we did update the cabinets I stripped them and then ashed them It was a fun little project"

"You need to get a job," Caroline says with a laugh "The Sela Halstead I know doesn't do ho"

And she's not wrong about that The cabinet project was fun, but I' bored out of my mind I finishedto find a job as a counselor, but options are li at me to just open my own practice and build it up slowly

It's a good idea

Maybe

Eleven es were dropped

I fly up the deck stairs from the boardwalk, Beck hot on my heels It's an unusually warrees just two days before Christmas, you do what other Floridians do

You put on your bathing suits and frolic on the beach

I didn't have any appointments today, which isn't unusual I only opened the doors toI've also advertised as specializing in rape counseling, but in this small community there are--thankfully--precious few people who need those particular services So I do general counseling too, and most of my clients are couples who are headed toward divorce and are struggling to keep the e alive

"Better run faster than that, Sela," Beck calls out fro of his feet on the wood stairs is loud so I know he's really close I dare not turn my head to look as I'll lose precious seconds on my lead

The coerator first for a beer

The prize?

The winner gets an oral orgasm from the loser

And has to clean the kitchen all week That's the bigger pr

ize because Beck already spoils me with his mouth

I fly through the sliding glass door, which we had left open, only fifteen feet from the kitchen when Beck's arms wrap around my waist He lifts me up, spins me fast, and deposits hter

"You're cheating," I scream

"So what?" he laughs back, and then jets into the kitchen

Except the minute he hits the line that delineates the kitchen frooes fro to old linoleue and he trips forward, co in a windain balance and ease off the trajectory He'sinto the refrigerator, which almost tips over

"Jesus Christ," Beck grumbles as he turns to et this fucking floor fixed"

I saunter into the kitchen laughing, step into hi of his board shorts My voice is husky when I say, "Maybe One day But for right now, it appears I just lost the race"

Beck's face fills back up with color and I can feel his cock thickening when ainst it as I untie his shorts The look of anticipation and desire on his face fuels me to work faster

The ringing of Beck's cell phone distracts both of us, and because we really haven't gotten started, Beck leans over and grabs it off the counter "Beck North"

I watch as his eyes are open and curious as whoever is on the other line talks, and then they close briefly as he lets out a breath of regret I immediately drop my hands away from his crotch area and rest them on his chest in a show of emotional support His eyes open up and he looks down atme know I'll look for your email"

Beck hangs up and doesn't even bother to wait for ht before last It was sudden and nothing could be done He was dead when the EMS got to the house"

My hand goes toThe words I'm sorry won't work, because I'm not sure if I am I meanI' to affect Beck very much His parents haven't reached out once to their son after the charges were dropped against us, and likewise, Beck hasn't contacted them either