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He pushed her back under the spray and lifted one leg so that her foot rested on the side of the tub He picked up the soap and lathered a wash cloth, then gently started to wash her inner thighs “That would in”

“I don’t knohat you’re talking about”

“Don’t lie to in, but I haven’t forgotten the way it feels The proof is all over you…and me” He rinsed the washcloth and started to clean himself Lou stood completely still

“Does it ently

“Of course it ently and reached behind her to turn off the water “It would have mattered to me a lot entler”

He opened the shower curtain and grabbed a towel off the rack He wiped her face with it gently and then dried her ars He wrapped the towel around her and tucked it between her breasts Then he grabbed one for himself and rubbed it across his hair and then tied it around his waist He pushed her gently into the bedroom where he stripped the blood stained coverlet from her bed

He tugged gently on the edge of her tohere it was tucked between her breasts It fell from her body He removed his own and slid between the sheets on her bed

He tugged her fingertips until she joined hi one another

“There’s just oneover her forehead

“What’s that?” Lou asked quietly

“Unless Sarah was sohter” She tensed

“She is hter!” Lou atterabbed her around the waist and pulled her back in bed He pulled her back against his front, her bottohs

“Lou,” he sighed and spoke close to her ear “She’s your daughter now, but you didn’t give birth to her That much is obvious” He reached around her hips to the skin above her womanly curls Her belly flipped He searched her flat stoertips “No scar No cesarean Who’s her biological mother?”

“Oh, Brody” Tears welled up in her eyes but she refused to let them fall She took a deep breath “Can we enjoy the rest of the night and discuss this tomorrow?”