Chapter 821

• The gesture was almost automatic: holding this woman evoked so many memories of how he'd recently held Joyce, Hilary, and Bridget in this exact position that he couldn't prevent his hand from straying. Incredibly, Tara didn't seem at first to notice where that hand was; but at last, its warmth on one of her butt cheeks brought it to her attention.
• "You're being naughty," she said, still sniffling a little and saying those words without any sense of outrage or disapproval.
• "I'm just trying to make you happy," Gerald replied, now pasting little kisses on her face.