Chapter 811

• Gerald watched her dress. When she was nearly finished he said, "I was hoping we would spend the day together."
• Joyce looked at him with conflicted feelings. Yes, spending the day with the man who'd just made love to you was the usual thing to do; but she just wasn't used to the intense intimacy they'd just shared.
• "Oh, Gerald," she said pleadingly, "I just have to process this whole thing. I--I wasn't expecting this to happen." Well, I kind of was--or maybe I was hoping it would happen but didn't think it would.