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Lou tucked her shirt into her pants and climbed back into the Jeep She adjusted her pants and said, “I couldn’t find my panties Help me find them, will you?” She looked under the seat Brody reached into his pocket and withdrew a lacy slip of fabric

He held therinned wolfishly at her

She reached for the wildly, stuffing them back in the pocket “You’ll just have to do without Because those are going home with me” Lou shook her head reproachfully

She looked around, picked up the condom wrapper from the floor and tucked it into a discarded Coke can on the floor “I’ll certainly never look at this Jeep the saain”

Brody reached over and grabbed the back of her head He pulled her in for a quick kiss “Neither will I,” he replied, laughing quietly

She kissed him back

He started the Jeep and reached over to take her hand

“You knohat, Lou?”

“What?”

“We never did have that talk you promised?”

“What talk?” She tried to play dumb

“The one where you explain why you were still a virgin yet you have a daughter”

She flinched “I don’t want to discuss it noas her only reply

“When would be a good time?”

“Never?” She er