I’d met Amelia’s mum, couldn’t imagine her cooking herself in the sun. ‘You’d think so. Probably just as well mum lives in England most of ...he time. Mind you, by the time I first came here, proper sun block lotions were being used. I don’t remember though, I was only little.’ She looked around, down to the water, and back up to the dunes. ‘I’ve just realised something.’ The tone of her voice changed, and I knew from past experience that I was going to hear some quiet reveal. ‘This beach, maybe. The door opened again and a large group poured in, babbling loudly and ruining the moment. “I forgot it was Thursday, all the local sports fans will be pouring in for the game, this is a little forward of me, but would you like to retire somewhere quieter? I live just upstairs?” Once again she knew she was getting into trouble, but she agreed to go up to his apartment. His cavalier attitude was rubbing off on her, and she was beginning to wonder just how far she was going to let this evening. A low groan escaped his lips as he began to unbutton her jeans, feeling the lacy fabric of her knickers just below her waistband, which sent butterflies through her stomach.She peeled off his shirt as it tumbled to the floor behind him, running her hands over his firm torso, before Gerard pulled her top over her head.He broke the kiss momentarily, taking in the sight of her lacy black bra, pert breasts moving back and forward as her panting increased. She reached for the buckle on his jeans as. She just needed to try to do something she wasn’t now doing to lift her spirits. Maybe if she made a lunch she could take out into the park in the square. A picnic. She decided it was worth a try. She’d take the doll and do some fancy embroidery on the gown it was wearing—or maybe fashion something regal to pin into the doll’s elaborate white powdered coiffure. The bag lady was occupying the bench with the best mix of sunlight and shade when Ginny entered the park. This was no surprise, of.