Jamie stood at her front door and she greeted every guest and let him or her inside. Guest after guest walked in except for August "Augie" Westwood, a...geek that hardly talked to anyone and no one really liked. Augie was really into fantasy and magic enough so that he used to come to school dressed as a wizard or a knight with cardboard armor. Jamie saw Augie and called forth her guests to the door to witness her humiliate him. Jamie roasted Augie in front of everyone and told him to run home. ‘Selena, you’re not married to a pauper. I’m not rich, but our farm is quite prosperous, and my share of the money we got from selling my parent’s farm is quite a tidy sum. I can certainly afford to treat my wife to some new clothes. Now try them on. I want to see whether they fit well.’ Liam pulled off his boots and stretched out on the mattress, lounging against the headboard of the bed to watch his wife. Selena eagerly shed her old clothes and changed into the new undergarments and gasped as. " She kissed me on the lips."I love you too, Sweetheart. s1eep well and be good."She released me and started to say good night to Amber when Alfie came over to say good night to me. He hugged me tightly just as his s1ster did, said good night and kissed me on the lips."Good night, Tiger. Sweet dreams. I love you."Summer said good night to her dad and made a beeline to her room, soon followed by Alfie after he had said his good nights.No sooner had they turned their backs on us than Adrian had. ”“I have some pots warming in the Bay Area, so I'm not putting myself out to pasture yet. But I will be home every night.”“This sounds too good to be true.”“Do you want it to be true?”“Not the,” she lowered her voice, “murder for hire part. The rest--you and me in Oakland--a thousand times yes.”"In a legal, filing-our-taxes-jointly fashion?"Abbey blinked. "Are you ready for that level of intimacy? That degree of commitment?" We're in our mid-forties. It's long overdue. If you will have me."She.