Careful not to ruin or dirty them he stepped into thepanties and put on the bra, since he had now mastered how to hook thesnaps in the back. After fil...ing the cups once again with a few pairs ofsocks he took a seat at her vanity. With slightly trembling hands hebegan to pick out a few containers of make-up, lipstick, mascara, eyeliner and eye shadow. Slowly he tried to put the eye liner on, but itkept on smudging. He began to wipe it off, when all of a sudden frombehind him he heard, "What are. Kettie came around the corner in pajama bottoms and one of my old sports t-shirts. It was a San Diego Padres shirt with a big ink stain that never came out. It was one I wore for work around the house now."I saw this in your laundry basket and figured if I got sauce on it while cooking I would be safe." You figured right, it's on its last legs, close to an oil rag." I said as I kissed her hello."Speaking of rags, I'm feeling pretty good already. The worst has passed. You won't have to hide the. My head was down and tears were spilling down my cheeks. "I'm sorry," I breathed. I was expecting him to push me, or slap me. He was getting that angry. But he took me by surprise. I felt his hand cup the side of my face, pulling it gently upwards so we were looking at one another. His thumb stroked my cheek and his fingers tickled the back of my neck. He half smiled at me with the same smile that made me fall head over heels for him and moved his fingers into my hair. "I know, babe. I know.". "Neither of them was stupid. Pete, in particular, gave me a look that warned me to be careful -- but they headed up the steps to the outside exit. "Close the bulkhead," I directed, and one of the contractors -- Julio, I think -- went up the stairs behind them, closed the doors, and came back down."Obviously, you've all seen something I would have preferred that you hadn't," I announced. "I'm going to need to count on your discretion. Can we keep this in the family, so to speak?"The other.