“Jar said you’re going swimming! I want to go too! I just wanted to make sure you’d wait forme!”
“Sure thing. Go get changed.”
“Okay, but you’d better wait!” She skipped out, and Wills shut the door behind her and locked it before we could be interrupted again.
“Sorry about that, babe. My sister tends to speak in exclamations.”
“She’s a cutie. You have a great family, Wills.” And I envied him that.
“Glad you like ‘em, because they’re yours now, too.” He laughed when he saw my dropped jaw and wide eyes, obviously tickled to have stunned me. To finally have a family again after all these years….
He was still laughing when I pounced on him, but once I began kissing him silly, that laugh changed into a breathy moan.
21
The sun was shining, the pool water was warm, and we all went in, joined by JR’s and Marti’s friends, including the ubiquitous Damien, who kept the width of the pool between him and Wills.