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Chapter 159: The Master´s Wife´s Birthday, Part 7, Waking

BETH

...I wake. Being in a basement, it´s hard to tell what time it is, but my internal clock tells me it´s the wee small hours.

What woke me?

There it is... the sound of laughter... it´s a low, joyful sound, Charlotte´s voice I think. In fact...

The sound comes from the door to one side of the bed Richard and I are sharing, the big four-poster. Someone has pulled covers over us, and we lie entwined; naked and comfortable.

As I stir, Richard moves with me, making a quiet, contented noise.

"Sorry," I whisper, "didn´t mean to wake you.

He kisses me on the forehead, wrapping his arms more tightly around me. He´s feeling horny again, the evidence pressing against my thigh.

"Listen."

"Mmm?" But he pauses, listening into the glimmering candlelight.

The laughter ripples through the half-glow, and it is clearly the sound of love-making, coming from the room next to us.

Richard chuckles. "They lead busy lives, don´t they?"

"Do you think we´re invited?"

He looks down a
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