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Julie is Anna’s daughter.

I need some time to process this.

“She is very fond of you,” I say.

He smiles.

“She’s a good kid. Besides…” His voice shifts as he brings his hand to my waist. “You are very fond of me too. I am just a lovable person,” he says with self-deprecating humor.

I give him a smile and kiss his lips, my fingers splayed over his cheek.

Holding my hand to his face, I look deep into his eyes.

“I love you, David…” I say slowly. “You know that.”

His smile dissolves into a pool of sharp awareness, his eyes twinkling.

“Yes, I do. I love you too,” he says and locks my lips, pulling me into his chest, my hand already untucking his towel.

24

ELIZABETH

Sunday

Every timehe touched me these past few days, I couldn’t not think about the ziplock bag tucked under my bed.

That hasn’t stopped me from enjoying the pleasure he has given me. Every bit. Every touch. Every kiss. Every thrust. Every crying moan at the peak of satisfaction.

Sex was good. And him being there for me was amazing.

Terry always likes to remind me that words are cheap, and it takes supporting actions to believe them.

‘Trust their actions, not their words,’she’s always said, and his actions are there.

I return his affection with my own, but I’m still tormented by a few loose ends and questions I have no answers for.

That nagging feeling that something is amiss.

I’ve been planning to get to that bag and muster enough courage to go through that woman’s letters.

Something tells me, and it’s not the voice in my head––she’s been quiet lately––that there’s more to his story.

I don’t have time, and frankly, the opportunity to go check on the other man––Ned Sutton––find someone close to him and ask a few questions has vanished.

That time has passed.

I can’t even check the information in the bag.

We’re always together, doing something, and now I’m getting ready to fly to Singapore.

“How’s everything?” he asks, stepping out of my bathroom, all dressed up.

Suit, a fine shirt, designer shoes, no tie.

My eyes go down.

“You dress comfortably. I have a few business people with us on the plane.”

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