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her up on the washing machine. “Nick, what are you…”
    He took her mouth. Once again, there was no gentleness. No teasing. He bit her lip, soothed it with his tongue and then plunged inside. Brie felt her breasts tighten and her body go liquid. He left her mouth and kissed his way to her neck. “This is my favorite spot on you…so far.” 
    Her head tilted back for easier access.
    “Spread your legs, darlin’.”
    She did and he slid her forward into intimate contact with him. His erection was hard and heavy against her. Without her conscious consent, she ground into him.
    After a few moments of heaven, he stepped back. His face was flushed, his blue eyes shining with desire. “We gotta stop.”
    “Now?”
    “You, Gabrielle, are a tease.”  He nipped at her lips then stared hard at her. “Friday night, right, Cella won’t be here?”
    “Yes.” 
    “Good. I need more of you.”
    “I need more of you, too.”
    So much for slow , she thought.
     

 
    Chapter 6
    “I’m going to lose my job,” Nick grumbled as he dragged the ladder he found on the side lawn and propped it up against the back of the house. “I’ll get arrested as a peeping tom, I won’t be able to work with kids and I’ll lose my pension.”
    “Poor baby,” Brie said. “Why don’t you let me do it? This was my idea after all.”
    After Brie took Cella to Lisa’s, Nick had invited her over to his home. And he had gifts--a bottle of a wine she liked, pretty pink carnations he’d noticed she put in the back area of her room and another present, for them both, wrapped up in a bag. She’d been nervous, so he suggested they dress warmly and walk down the beach.
    He hadn’t thought much about ending up at Lisa Markham’s house. As soon as they reached it, Brie said, “You think Cella’s all right?”
    “Want to stand here and see if she passes the window? I’ve been in that house and we’re lookin’ straight into the family room.”
    He’d been joking, but she’d said, “Could we?”
    It was then he realized how worried she was. A mother’s worry. His own mama still hovered and had told him the feelings of concern never went away. Plus, Brie had had serious loss in her life.
    After a while of no sightings, he’d said, “Oh, hell,” took her hand and pulled her up the slope from the lake to the house.
    “Nick, we don’t have to do this.” But he could tell she wanted to.
    That’s how they’d landed in the Markham’s backyard. “It’s the damned ladder I’m worried about. Come here, lady, and hold onto it.” She crossed to where he’d leaned the thing against the house.
    Before he went up, he kissed her hard. “You’re gonna owe me big-time for this.”
    She smiled. He hoped she realized that despite his kidding all week, he would never pressure her into doing what she wasn’t ready for tonight. Nonetheless, he was dying to get her in his bed.
    Silently, he climbed the ladder. He reached the top and peered into the window. Music was up loud and Cella sat on the floor with group of dolls spread around her. Lisa was pretending to be each doll that talked to Cella. Brie’s daughter was holding a conversation with them and seemed totally engrossed.
    “All’s well,” he whispered and told her the gist of it. “She’s fine without her mama.”
    “That’s good. Now be careful coming down.”
    He made it past three rungs when he felt one give way. “Goddamn it,” he said as the ladder swayed.
    Brie held on and he made quick work of the next few rungs. Then another broke and Nick toppled into the bushes. Luckily, the ladder fell back against the house.
    “Oh, God, Nick, are you okay?”
    “I guess we know why the ladder was lyin’ on the ground. They were throwing it away.”
    “I’m so sorry,” she said.
    “You should be.”
    “Are you hurt?”
    He crawled his way out of evergreens. “My dignity is in shambles. And we made a ruckus. But Lisa had music on so they probably didn’t hear us.”
    When he