"Still good for tonight Hun? Is Simone definitely coming? If so, can you ask her what she's wearing?" "Yes, we'll be there. Simone is wearing somethin...g sexy but bar appropriate!" I text back. "Awesome!" comes the reply, then another text beeps. "I'll wear the same. Hope you're dressing the same? I'm looking forward to seeing you both dressed sexy." "I always dress sexy when I come out with you," I text back. Forty-five minutes later I'm home. Simone is already home and has grabbed us some food. " It's a story about a man whose wife died and he moved from Chicago to Seattle with his young son to escape the grief. But after 18 months, he was still grieving and couldn't sleep. His son encouraged him to find a new wife even though he had not even thought about dating again. His son convinced him to call a radio talk show on Christmas Eve and he ended up pouring his heart out about his marriage and how much he missed her. A woman who heard the show was infatuated with the guy and fell in. "Brush your teeth, I'm sleeping in your bed tonight."She must have guessed I was messed up about women, because after she was snuggled in the bed, her back to my front, she said, "This has possibilities. We have to talk." After a pause, she added, "In the morning."There is something special about waking up with a warm body in your bed, even if it does have pajamas on. I stretched and she put her teeth lightly to my shoulder muscle. "I woke up in the night wondering if you were going to come. He held his breath and turned the key.The gate opened noiselessly outward and they quickly stepped through andlocked the gate behind themselves. They ran across the flat openclearing for what seemed like an eternity and made the treeline justbefore the searchlight swept back across their path. They beat theirway through forest, glad of the sparsity of undergrowth, until the woodsenveloped them and Steven tossed the keys into a thicket. They waitedfor their eyes to adjust properly to the.
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