She slid her hands from his face to his chest and put her hand between the buttons to feel his skin. As she rubbed over his nipple he let out a soft m...an. His eyes were still closed, his mouth open a bit now. Allie took one hand and removed the cardigan that was over her strapless dress. ‘Allison,’ Anthony muttered. She returned her hands to his face and her lips to his. Kissing him with her mouth open this time. She ran her tongue along his bottom lip as she pulled away. He opened his eyes. For them, the show was over and slowly the room began to empty as they filtered out. I searched in vain for Sally. Throughout, she had remained at the head of the bed, watching. Now she had disappeared.Eve pulled me close, our hot, sweaty, drained bodies touching.“You okay?” I asked, knowing that after what we had been through, in front of these people she must have been feeling at the very least, awkward.“Yes, I am,” she replied, “I’m glad it was you.”“Why?”“I had a terrible feeling it was. It was short notice, and I apologize. I love you." It was actually zero notice, but no one is counting, and besides, I'm the husband. It's what I do, and I love you too." He leaned down to kiss Nina tenderly, then whispered into her mouth, "I don't suppose... ?" Oh God, Scott. I would love to, but I am so out of it right now that I would fall asleep in the middle of anything we might start. I'll make it up to you, I promise." She winked at him, and as seductively as she could, started to say,. “I wanted to be here first to make sure you were all right,” said Blake, “and to see if there is anything that I might be able to do for you that, well, Ava could not. And for sure she will be coming. She told me she was targeting Christmas time. We’re figuring kinda alternating me and her. Would that be okay by you?”“Uh, sure, I guess, that would be fine,” I said. “But tell me, how is she doing?” Blake sagged back a bit on the steel seat he was seated on across the table from me.“She’s fine,.