Carlton saw me and I knew I'd caught his interest."What are you doing here?"I sipped my drink."Checking out the band," I said, "I heard they were good...." You are going to do some dancing?"I shrugged."I like doing it ... in private..."I just threw that together hoping to spark a reaction out of him and it worked. He licked his mouth and gestured at me to go sit at a table with him. We did that, both drinking and watching the activity around us. Couples danced but it was all about hooking up for. Evidently, her father was a Royal Army soldier and her mother a fairly typical Belfast girl of Scots Presbyterian/Covenanter stock. She was allowed two summer husbands this time as a special consideration to prevent either Rodney or Stanley being an odd man out.No wonder she was happy with the custom this year in particular ... two summer hubbies ... what woman in her right mind wouldn’t be thrilled? Such were my thoughts as I coaxed Jimmy into sitting down now. He looked very nervous and. I fought and fought, but that only seemed to make her laugh."Stop it!" I cried. "Release me!" Ooo!" she teased. "Such a big, strong man! You can get free by yourself, can't you?" No, have mercy!" Sorry, but this is so fun," she chuckled, her fingers under my chin and under my arms, and on my sides. I could see in her eyes that she spoke the truth - they were full of wickedness.And so I had to beg and plead and promise while my wrists were rubbed raw as I tried to fight my cuffs. But nothing. This is what I’ve always wanted. I’ve always wanted to be the mom with the minivan full of carpool kids, to go to parent-teacher conferences, to change diapers and get up at 2:00 o’clock in the morning to feed and settle the baby and go back to bed. I’ve stood and watched at playgrounds watching children play, wishing my heart out that one or more could be mine. Dave, I want this!”I looked at Deb, who nodded thoughtfully, obviously re-writing her script in her head with this information. I.
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