As he stepped through the door, leading from his master bath through the dining room toward the kitchen, he stopped in his tracks when he saw Shelly in the kitchen. When he eased his grasp, Shelly told him that she loved him, too, and gave him another, quick kiss on his lips, “Now get dressed, ol’ man, or I might just leave you here.”
The insurance office building was new and had an amazing landscape, with palm trees, clear, blue pools with fish in them, winding sidewalks and immaculately sculptured shrubs. That had had been an Avon saleswoman who offered more than perfume… for a price. She was in the process of texting a friend. The wine hadn’t gone to her head and she knew exactly what she was doing. As he stepped through the door, leading from his master bath through the dining room toward the kitchen, he stopped in his tracks when he saw Shelly in the kitchen.
