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innocence. Her thick lashes lay against her cheeks and I could not help myself. I bent and kissed her eyelids, pushing back the blankets so I could run my palm over her nipples and down into her soft womanhood. She stirred and in her sleep, rolled to face me, pressing herself against my cock, already hard and yearning. Reaching for the nightstand, I soon rolled on a condom. A moment later, her body accepted mine. Both of us lay on our side as I rocked back and forth gently. We came. I with the realization that I’d never let her go and she, in the orgasmic confines of an awakening dream.
    I held her as she slowly surfaced, my eyes memorizing the curve of her hip, the texture of her perfect skin and the symmetry of her beautiful breasts. She was, in my opinion, perfection. The idea that she would have fallen into the world of a marriage of convenience sent fury through me. She’d always been mine.
    “Good morning,” whispered rosy lips chafed by my stubble.
    “Good morning to you, queenie,” I teased her.
    “Not nice,” she managed, stifling a morning yawn. “Need coffee.”
    “Already on the way up,” I told her and the timing proved me right as there was a knock at the door. I pulled the blankets over her nakedness and grabbed my pants as I headed to open it. The bellboy wheeled in a cart filled with domed dishes. I tipped him and indicated I would take it from there.
    I went into the bathroom and came out, tossing a courtesy robe to her. She slid into it as she folded her knee beneath her and came off the bed to inspect the cart of food. Her eyes lighted when she spotted the juice and she drank it quickly. “Geez, I was thirsty,” she said.
    “That’s because you snored all night,” I teased and she blushed, quickly wiping the corner of her mouth seeking dried drool. “See what I mean?” I pointed out.
    “What?”
    “You didn’t snore but my suggestion of it caused you to behave with guilt and embarrassment. That’s what I mean about people… they are what you tell them.”
    She wrinkled her nose and took another sip. “Well, you can keep that manipulation to yourself,” she responded saucily. “You’re not as smart as you think you are, you know.”
    “Is that so?” I prodded her and was rewarded with a flash of those green eyes.
    “Not everyone is as gullible as you might think. It will backfire on you and you’ll lose credibility,” she pointed out.
    “There is no shortage of patients, sweet Auggie.”
    She looked at me doubtfully and with some disapproval. Why did that suddenly bother me? I don’t remember ever worrying about seeking approval.
    “Time I got home,” she commented, picking up the pieces of her wardrobe from the floor.
    I took this as a signal and nodded. I had some of those many appointments waiting.
    ***
    She was looking out the window and frowning as I drove her home. “What’s wrong?” I prompted her.
    “Do you by any chance know Mrs. Jessup, the lady who had all the marvelous barbecues at Derby?”
    “I’ve heard her name, but don’t know her personally… why?”
    “Mother asked me to visit her. Her family just put her in Sunset Village. Do you know the place?” she asked in a voice that explained her sadness.
    “Yes, I do. I did some interning there one summer.”
    “Worth, I don’t ever want to end up in a place like that.”
    “You won’t, darling Auggie, I promise.”
    “I don’t think Mrs. Jessup ever thought she would, either. Her family manipulated her out of money. Left her penniless. She never worked, you know, so she’s reliant on Medicaid now and that’s where she’s gone. It’s so sad. It’s breaking my heart.”
    This was clearly preying on her mind. I knew the Jessups and remembered the old lady. I couldn’t tell Auggie that Mrs. Jessup’s daughter-in-law was on my patient list. “Why don’t you do something to make it better?” I prompted her.
    “Like what?” she was truly interested.
    “You’ve got that nifty degree. Why