Bartlett had to get out of the bathroom quickly, having a ready explanationfor the howl. Bartlett opened the door, and looked into a group of several ... people,apparently engaged in a discussion of what to do in light of the shriek. "Are you ok?" the first person asked, looking genuinely concerned."There is the mother of all roaches in there, and she was looking for lovein all the wrong places," Bartlett said, appalled more by the 70's CountryMusic reference than by the fact that he was now. Have you? Had second thoughts I mean.” I opened the door wider and took a step back. I had answered her question by inviting her in.She held a bottle of wine, yes, it was Lambrusco. “You can change your mind if you want to, but let’s not waste this,” she said, waving the bottle at me.She walked passed me, leaning to peck my cheek as she went, I pointed to the living room. She went straight to the telescope, bent and looked through before turning to smile at me again. “I ought to be cross with. Carmela was in the process of pulling her own white panties down her sleek, shapely black legs, which captured Laura's full attention, so Joy obligingly pulled down the bedcovers, exposing the taut white sheet. Then, being the last one to get completely, naked, she skimmed her gauzy peach thong down her thin, long legs, while Laura and Carmela watched entranced.Oh god, I'm going to die of happiness, Laura thought as she approached the bed and stretched out on it with them on either side of her.. "Hi," Donald said, sticking his head into the room."Hi," she said coldly."I would like to talk to you," he said, "as soon as I put my things up. If you don't mind?" Sure, I'm not going anywhere." Okay, I'll be back in a few minutes." Whatever," she said, turning back to her book.Listening to him trudge down the hall to their room, she wondered what he wanted. Maybe he had had a change of heart and wanted her back in his bed.She hoped not. She had a lover now. A man who could satisfy all of her.