"She leaned in for a quick kiss and then pulled back. As she grasped the hem of her nightgown again, she winked, then pulled it off."Stop." Cody drew ...n a breath as he drank her in. "I just want to look." Now that he was back at last, he decided, he would not rush this.He raised a hand and touched a finger to her lips, then dragged it down over her chin, her neck, and between her breasts and over her stomach. With both hands, he cupped her breasts, staring at the rosy aureoles topped with. "Pneumonia," he finally managed to whisper in between coughing spells, "but let me look at you," he said lifting his arm weakly to pull back her hair.She started to pull away, hide her face from him, but somehow could not. There was no revulsion in his eyes, not even the pity which was somehow worse, only acceptance."Looks like life has dealt us both an unlucky hand," he said."It's wonderful to see you again, Jeremy." Is it Angilee? For you know I have come here to die in your arms." You always. “So, what just happened?” I asked Kate as we drove over to the restaurant. “What did they just commission you to do?”“Oh, God! Those quotes Clarice had me sketching? They’re the fourteen Stations of the Cross. They just commissioned me to do them and PCAD will support me with student volunteers.”“That’s cool! Do you know how to do frescoes?”“I’m not doing fresco. I’m doing mosaics. The ceramics department already proposed doing the stations, but needed designs. I have to create the paintings. Tonight, I made you a woman for me. Tomorrow, I will makeyou all mine, Cissy. For ever and ever."I only half-heard her words in my relaxed state. I thought I hadimagined them. I drifted off into a deep, dreamless sleep.The next morning, Mimi woke me with a kiss. She was already up anddressed for work."Come on, sleepyhead, rise and shine. We have work to do today."I did my usual bathroom routine, brushing my teeth and showering. Inever had much body hair, and lately I didn't seem to have any at.