She pointed and I went in to strain the potatoes.When I got back the room was dark, and I could just make out a mound on the bed. On closer inspection...I saw it was her, naked, In a kneeling position, head on the mattress and rump up in the air. I didn’t know quite what she was expecting, but she seemed comfortable and confident, so maybe this was how sex started with someone from her past, one of her few and, I thought uncharitably, clueless lovers.Not knowing what she wanted me to do, I. After the meeting in Montauk a month before with Cheryl and the uncomfortable and revelatory encounter with Hal’s wife, Hal accompanied the group back to Manhattan via helicopter the following morning. Instead of letting Hal go off to get drunk again, Cheryl insisted he let her show him her home. There she provided him with a Bloody Mary and a brunch that helped him recover from his hangover. The tour of the expanded townhouse, with only Tony and Laura there to meet, began at the huge master. She looked around to make sure we weren't being watched, and then gave me a deep soulful kiss, sliding her tongue into my mouth."Mmm," I said. "I could go for hours of that!" And I intend to give you hours of that and a whole lot more," she said.Then I showed her the earrings. I thought she was going to scream when she saw them. She was so excited and wanted to know how soon we could see the nurse and get our ears pierced. I told her that we would have them done this week if the nurse was. "I could go with you." No," Hawk bristled, "you can't. The doctor told you to take it easy and I'm not letting you out of my sight." Then I could join you in the spa for the massage," Gretchen purred, springing her trap. "That way you can keep your eyes on me."Hawk flushed and everyone else laughed."You walked right into that one," Jo crowed. "I saw that coming a mile away." Very funny," Hawk muttered. "Okay, you win. I'll let you do the initial footwork. What'll everyone else be doing?" Well,".