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Chapter Eleven

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

Of course, as soon as I punched in the next day Manny sought me out for interrogation. “There you are! How did everything go? Did Jay move in? ..

Chapter Twelve

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

Mariah barked a few times when Jay’s car pulled up. “Mariah, shh,” I urged, and she actually seemed to understand. “She was b..

Chapter Thirteen

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

I called Sara that weekend and she was happy to come over for dinner, though her fiancée Brian was in fact out of town for the rest of the mon..

Chapter Fourteen

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

It kept feeling right all evening long. I stood over the stove, pan-frying the potatoes Jay had sliced for me. The man’s good with a knife, I t..

Chapter Fifteen

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

It was time to pull dinner out of the oven. I had made my mother’s marinade and left the tenderized lamb chops sitting in it for two days. I ke..

Chapter Sixteen

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

It didn’t take long for Beth to get going, probably because the rest of us were well into a second glass of wine. After we all swapped some fun..

Chapter Seventeen

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

“That sounds more like two questions.” I smiled to cover my unease. I didn’t want to tell Jay about Earl, but I couldn’t lie ..

Chapter Eighteen

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

I felt foolish the moment I shut my alarm off the next morning. My first thought of the day was that I’d exposed myself to Jay, while he merely..

Chapter Nineteen

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

After Madison had her afternoon snack, I told Jay there was something she wanted to ask him with a conspiratorial grin. “A question, for me?&rd..

Chapter Twenty

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

My conversation with Sara in the driveway had at least gotten me to pay more attention to how Jay and I acted around each other. As the next couple o..

Chapter Twenty One

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

Nobody else was home, but for some reason I shut the door anyway. Just before it latched, I jumped as it was shoved open again. Mariah darted in, and..

Chapter Twenty Two

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

When we’d both caught our breath I asked, “What are you thinking?” Jay gave another of what had been many of those contented sighs..

Chapter Twenty Three

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

Around two o’clock, I kissed Jay lightly on the nose. Then lightly on the lips. Then hard on the lips. “Mmm...” he said, stirring a..

Chapter Twenty Four

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

He showed me indeed. If time seemed to flow differently the first time, it ceased to exist altogether this one. The term foreplay didn’t do jus..

Chapter Twenty Five

A Chapter by Christopher Miller

One night as I sat in my armchair reading while I waited for Jay, I heard a sound that made me feel sick. It was the sound of a poorly-maintained Cer..