I didn’t give it to him. Rational thought does nothing to quell this behavior though, and I’ve just finished taking a surreptitious peek at my pho...ne, when Jess says, “Oh, guess what, a bunch of us are going to the beach this weekend.” My ears prick up, despite myself.“Sorry, baby,” she says with a sympathetic little pout, “it’s girls only.”I try my best to sound nonchalant, “Who’s going?”“Ummm, well, it’s me, Katie, Liza and…” I don’t even hear the rest of the sentence. I’m too busy trying. ”Prue threw the door open and entered the room. Tah was sitting on a chair with his head in his hands. She slid her arms around him. “I’m so sorry, Tah, it’s all my fault.”Tah sighed in relief. He turned and buried his head into her chest and hugged her tight. “Gods Prue, I was so scared. I wanted to come after you, but Nianna is hurt.”“I couldn’t do both, and I knew you would never forgive me if I left her.” He looked up into her face, obviously asking for forgiveness for putting Nianna. She checked to be sure that she was being observed, then grabbed hold of John’s hand and pulled gently.“This way, High Chief,” she said loudly as she led him to the outside of the cave. Once outside, she looked anxiously at his face to see how far they had to go.“Just down the slope a little, Ranga my dear.”She scarpered further down to an open spot away from anyone. “Here?”“This will do nicely. Let’s sit down on the grass.”John seated himself and Ranga hurriedly sat next to him, as close as. His hands continued down to the hem of her skirt, his palms kneading the backs of her thighs as his fingers reveled in the soft touch of her silk-encased legs. They'd agreed that she would cut back her hours when their third daughter was born, but she still worked as a notary part time and had to dress in respectable business attire as a result. He dragged his fingers back up, curling under the hem of her skirt as he moved his tongue to the spot just under her jaw that she loved him to mouth..