Their bodies began to quell, and a serene calm overtook them. “I love you, babe,” Laura said as she lay down next to him with her arm across his c...est, snuggling in close. “I love you too. I need you and I want to stay close with you from now on. We can’t let ourselves get so out of touch with each other ever again.” He ran his fingers through her hair, letting it down as he declared his love for her for the first time in over a year. With a mischievous smile, he rolled her onto her back and. " I know," I said, my heart sinking a little further. My nerves were seriously on edge, and the closer we got the more sure I was that I wasn't going to make it through the next fifteen minutes. But to have any chance at all I needed to keep up the facade. "I'm not going to jeopardize anything now, man," I went on. "I just want to give you that flash drive and get back to living again like you promised." Mm," he said ambiguously. I could take it as encouragement if I wanted, I supposed, but I. . TWO Detective Mason Holmes was fifty years old and single. His marriage to a pretty and demure elementary school teacher ended tragically when she was killed by a Mafioso with a vendetta against Mason for helping in the arrest of his superior ‘crime boss’. That was all water under the bridge but he longed to fall in love all over again and perhaps re-marry. He was thinking of Lexa O’Neil. Her delicious body was just one of her assets. She was strong of spirit and body, courageous and. Sam grunted and left.Outside, he pointed Tina to her own car. “Follow me, we’re only going over to the parking garage. If we get separated, I’ll park on the top level.” In the noon rush hour, even in a small town like Oneonta, the pair became separated, and Sam had a chance to consider the changes their relationship had been making.Following their ‘coming out’ at the Christmas party, family feelings had begun crystallizing about the new couple. Unsurprisingly, both Big George and Momma were.