I promised myself it wouldn’t happen this time, but here I am, in much greater hazard than ever before. In the past I’d always left myself at leas...t ten or twelve hours before he got home – usually a day or more. Plenty of time to make sure that there were no marks, no evidence. Plenty of time to come up with a story if there were. Tonight I had no time; he could be waiting for me now. This wasn’t a long trip. He was away only four days, just three nights. Other than the grocery store or Perry's. ..”“As long as you don’t develop feelings for them.”“Who said I was developing feelings?”“I didn’t say you did—”“Last night was a hookup. And that’s it. Just like what we did on the beach.”“I know.” I put my arms around him, and I looked right into his eyes. “I just want to be careful. I wouldn’t want to fuck things up... like you said.”Chad didn’t answer. He just nodded.We ended up going back to Thaxter’s that night. We found it was an awful lot quieter than before. There were no. I put my suit on and then stood while Kelly pinned on my rack. Then she put the Medal around my neck and handed me a lint roller. A knock on the door meant Seamus was at the door. Kelly opened it and our son came in.“Hey, Dad! You almost look like a hero.”“Just almost?” I asked.“Just almost.”Kelly gave him the stink eye and put a finger in his face. “Watch it, buster! I’m proud of your father and your sister is very proud of him. You screw up this day and you won’t have to worry about. Without any expectations except for engaging in a one night stand, Linda was floored by Walter’s magnetism when she met him. What overpowered her was just not that he was good looking, and he certainly was all that, but it was the complete male package that he presented to her. Her heart started beating faster, her breathing slowed and her hormones were doing a happy dance in anticipation of upcoming intimacies. Linda thought if a man could be described as gorgeous then Walter was gorgeous. In.