She whispered, "I want her." Paul understood. He went back into the dining room and poured fresh glasses of wine. Everyone toasted to new friends and ...et the wine begin to relax and loosen the tension in the air.Paul sat with Bob at one end of the table and Natalie sat with Jillian at the other end, each couple having their own conversation. Natalie kept staring at Jillian's breasts as they spoke. After a while, she could tell that Jillian was beginning to get a little dizzy from so much wine,. ’ Adrienne chuckled. ‘See why I don’t work with living patients? I have zero bedside manner.’ She looked over Reid’s shoulder at Mrs. Shaw. ‘I’m sorry for your loss, and for my comment,’ she apologized. ‘I didn’t mean any offense.’ ‘Amy washed her hands of us years ago. At least she gave me Annie.’ Adrienne mouthed, ‘Wow’ to Reid before replying, ‘she’s a great young lady.’ ‘She’s all I have.’ Adrienne mouthed, ‘Good luck,’ to Reid before turning to head back to her examining room. ‘I’m all. When I arrive, she is already inside at a table waiting on me. The waiter leads me to the table seats me. ‘I apologize for being a little late, traffic was horrible.’ I explain to her. She is pleasant and says ‘It is okay.’ The waiter quickly returns and asks if we are ready to order. I still have not looked at the menu yet so I ask for a few more minutes. He smiles and walks away. The music playing a little too loudly, is classic 70’s rock. Elton John is belting out ‘Saturday Night’s Alright. Besides, I have teeth.I pressed my nose against Tom’s belly. He smelled of sleep. A hint of sweat, maybe something else I couldn’t identify but my brain knew what it was, Tom smelled like a man. There was another thing. Christ, in a second I realized the garlic he’d chopped last night was still on his hands this morning, under his nails, maybe. As he cupped my cheek in one hand and dragged his other palm across my face, I felt each callus when he touched my mouth with his fingers and traced my.