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The big one by the counter didn’t open, and she assumed it was shatterproof glass. But running along the top of the wall above the sink were narrower ones and their standard latches could be easily seen. A man wouldn’t be able to fit through them, or even a regularly sized woman, but she had her thin, modelbody. It would be awkward, but she was convinced she’d be able to wriggle through.

Climbing onto the counter, she reached up and pushed open the first and largest. As she looked across the parking lot she saw three cars. Two would have belonged to the nurses, and the third, in a dark corner and barely discernible, was Joe’s.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

As Joe watched Courtney move towards his car he felt his heart leap in his chest. Her willowy body reminded him of an elegant swan, and when her face came into view he could see her eyes were filled with triumph. She never let anything stop her, and her indomitable spirit was one of the many qualities he both envied and admired. As she climbed into the passenger seat and ran her fingers through her hair, he wondered how he could ever have been attracted to a country bumpkin like Heather Hunt.

“It’s freezing,” she said with a shiver as he began to drive.

“I’ll turn the heat up, but where’s your coat?”

“Still in the closet in the hospital room. I couldn’t have squeezed through that window wearing it. I thought about tossing it out, but I figured it would just get all wet so there was no point. But I’m so relieved to be free. What a hellacious time I’ve had, though the hospital was a whole lot better than that hellacious jail cell.”

Joe grinned. She always talked a mile a minute when she was happy or excited.

“Do you still want to go straight to our cabin at the Moonshine Campgrounds?”

“Yes, absolutely. Those morons at the hospital won’t realize I’m gone until the morning and I’m dying to soak in a hot bath. Then I’ll put on some warm clothes and have a drink. By that time Miss Goody Two Shoes will be fast asleep. Hah! She won’t know what hit her, and that cowboy will regret ever crossing me.”

It was a short drive, and Joe was soon stopping outside their cabin. Hurrying inside, Courtney moved straight into the bathroom, sprinkled bubble bath into the tub and turned onthe faucets. As she began to peel off her clothes, Joe walked in holding a crystal tumbler.

“Your favorite Cognac,” he announced, handing it to her and trying not to stare. It didn’t matter how many times he saw her naked, he never tired of eyeing her body.

“Thanks, you were a star tonight,” she purred, accepting it and taking a drink. “Mmmm, heaven. Hold it while I climb in.”

As he took the glass and watched her sink into the thick white bubbles, he felt his cock start to stiffen.

“Relax,” he murmured, placing the drink on the widest edge of the tub. “But be careful with this, don’t knock it off.”

“I won’t. Ooh, this is divine…”

With her glorious body disappearing beneath the foam, he walked out the door and headed into the bedroom.

“Now I’ll make you mine,” he mumbled as he quickly stripped and stretched out on the bed.

Taking hold of his hardness and closing his eyes, he pictured her straddling him, then slowly lowering herself down. As he imagined himself becoming engulfed by her warmth, barely a moment passed before he was spewing his essence in a series of divine spasms.

The first time was always quick.

Always.

But he’d soon find himself hard again, then he could last for a very long time. Grinning, he reached across for the tissues on the nightstand, wiped himself clean, then idly played with himself while he waited for her to join him.

The minutes ticked by, but the door finally opened and she walked in wrapped up in one of the thick, cotton bathrobes the campground provided for its guests.

“Won’t you join me?” he asked as she moved to her suitcase.

“Join you? Joe, we have to go. And I mean right now, or did you forget what all this is about?”

“I thought we could—”

“You thought wrong,” she exclaimed, cutting him off. “I can’t believe you could even think about sex right now. We have a job to do.”

“Uh, but, uh…” he sputtered as he felt himself shrink. “Isn’t it a bit early? Shouldn’t we wait until we can be sure she’s asleep?”

“Asleep, awake, it won’t matter,” she barked, pulling on a pair of thick black tights. “Now for fuck’s sake, get dressed. I hope you have everything ready to go.”

“Of course, I do.”

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