I had hoped you’d take me serious when I asked you to.”His nervous reply came stuttered as he looked from Tammy to Tawny and then to my eyes and s...id “Mr. Dawson, I, uhm, came by to make sure the bed was alright” and blushed at the obvious reason he had truly dropped by. I grinned down at him and said “It’s just what I needed Jake, I haven’t slept as well in a long time” and grinned knowingly towards my girl’s blushing cheeks. I wondered if he caught on, but went on “Well, I see the girls fixed. After drying off as best he could, Dennis put on the fluffy pinkrobe and opened the bathroom door, where Kylie was eagerly waiting."Don't worry, you're going to look great by the time I'm done!" Kyliegrabbed her brother's hand and dragged him into her room.Kylie started digging around in her drawers, purely for show, Dennis knewthat she'd have already chosen what he'd be wearing by now. As Denniswaited, he shivered again, reminding him of his shaved body."Can you hurry it up?" Dennis. I think I should tell you about mine before you tell me about yours." "OK." I detected a note of apprehension in Jeanne's voice. After taking a long slow breath to calm myself, I began. "There's a restaurant across the street from my motel, Jimmy's Steakhouse. I had dinner there this evening." "That sounds pleasant." The apprehension in Jeanne's voice was still present. "It was. I had a nice dinner, but that's not why I'm telling you this." "Okay." "There was a woman seated at the next table.. If Sophia had treated him like she treated her brother's lover, he would have put her on the ground without any regrets. But she hadn't. Apart from that one infuriating meeting, she had been relatively candid with him. Maybe not honest, but at least she hadn't jerked him around with diplomatic words like she was doing right now.Bren still hadn't had the chance to get Sophia alone and rake her down for trying to kill herself. He wanted to yell at her, to trap her in a chair and force her to.