With a playful frown she grabbed the lever and adjusted it so they wouldn’t hit the pier as they backed out of the parking position. “Which way do you want to go?” she asked as she turned the boat away from the pier. “Entirely up to you,” he said. “Just try to avoid the rocks and the icebergs.” “
“That’s part of it, yeah.” “Okay…” She exhaled. Joe cleared his throat. “Sarah knows…” he started then. “She… well, she knows that I was at your place those two nights. There wasn’t much I could do, really. It was like – crazy. I had my sweater in my hand and she’s like – staring at it and then s
D had put her feet back on the pedals and suddenly started pedaling. And judging from how fast the boat was moving now, she was working off a lot of agitation here. Well, he could contribute his own… With both of them strongly pedaling they made it back around the peninsula quickly. D could see t
Joe opened the door to his room and felt his heart drop. The room was lit and from the bathroom he heard running water. Shit! Jack was back already! How had that happened? Feeling a little dumbstruck, he slipped out of his jacket and sat down on the bed. He was wracking his brain how he could pos
“Yeah… Right… Why didn’t I see that?” “Because sometimes you’re a freaking idiot,” Jack retorted. “I guess…” Joe shrugged. “Anyway,” Jack said. “Now that we’ve got that sorted out, I’m going to go to bed. Because I’m tired. And looking at you, I strongly recommend that you do the same. You look p
As much as it had initially shocked and surprised her that he had hooked up with D again, the more she had gotten used to the thought, the more excited she actually felt that there might, after all, be some sort of happy ending. Only that Joe’s face and somewhat strange behavior today gave reason fo
Jack usually was anything but shy, but in this particular constellation Joe was skeptical that Jack would ever work up the courage to make a move. It would probably require some form of encouragement or at least a little sign from Sarah. And Sarah (just like Danny) wasn’t exactly carrying her heart
D pulled the front door closed behind herself, parked her luggage under the coat rack in the entry way, dropped her purse on the dining table and hurried to the bathroom, the most important thing after a long drive like this. A few minutes later she wandered from the bathroom to the living room a l