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"I&039;ht soive you a drink as soon as I get you and Boomer into our motel room Okay?"

Paul blinked his eyes open as a click followed that soft voice The click had been the car door closing, he saw, as he raised his head and glanced around in ti Livy and Boo in front of the car

Giving his head a shake to clear it, Paul sat up and rubbed his hands wearily over his face He was exhausted, and not sure why at first, and then he re his neck to Jeanie and her leading hi onto his lap and

"Jesus," Paul h his head They&039;d kissed twice now, and both ti he&039;d ever experienced It was as if his body exploded with desire when his lips met hers He just went up in flamesand all his common sense apparently went out the , because he&039;d been ready to strip her clothes off and take her right there in the backseat with Livy asleep in the front The only thing that had stopped hied, he didn&039;t actually recall what had stopped hiether, he re her nipple slip from his mouth so that he could claim her lips, and thenshe hadn&039;t let him kiss her She&039;d turned her head and-

Paul raised a hand to his neck with a frown He thought shepain; just an overwhelly endless waves And then he&039;d woken up to the sound of his daughter and Jeanne Louise speaking softly

The door opening beside hilanced that way as Jeanne Louise bent to peer in at hi him solemnly

"You bit me?" It came out as a question, because he wasn&039;t really sure Her griot a little carried away and took etically "How do you feel?"

Paul considered the question How did he feel? A little weak, a little tired, and horny as hell as he recalled the passion they&039;d shared He was ready to go another round with her If she was hungry, he wasup their conversation about biting spots and how the genitals were a good spot because it left no marks He&039;d volunteer to try out that one in a heartbeat, he thought dryly But he could hardly tell her that, and could only think it was a good, Godda that she couldn&039;t read hisshe was still waiting for an answer

Jeanne Louise hesitated, then leaned in to pick up the Wal froave hi his seat belt and unfolding hihten beside her He held on to the door though, when the world did a slow spin around hied Perhaps he should hold off on offering himself up for another

"Do you need a hand?" Jeanne Louise asked worriedly

"No," Paul murmured and cautiously released the door, then pushed it closed and glanced around "Where are we?"

"Ipperwash It&039;s too late to look into cottages that lanced around too "It will do for tonight We can look into cottages tomorrow"

He nodded, and turned to walk slowly toward the open door Jeanne Louise had entered earlier with his daughter The memory made hioodness," Jeanne Louise ry and thirsty I gave her so"

"A chocolate bar?" Paul asked with a wince

"It&039;s all that they sell in the office," Jeanne Louise said apologetically, and then assured him, "I&039;ll put her back to sleep once she&039;s finished"

Paul relaxed and nodded

"I got you some juice and a chocolate bar too," Jeanne Louise said as he reached the door to their room and peered around It was your standard e There were two queen-sized beds and Livy was seated on the nearer one with Boo chocolate all over herself as she ate an Oh Henry! bar

"There&039;s dog food in with your clothes," Paul said, turning with the intention of taking the bag and feeding the poor mutt It ell past Booet it," Jeanne Louise said, closing the door behind them "Go drink your juice and eat your chocolate"

Paul hesitated, but then left her to it and headed across the room to the bedside table where three or four chocolate bars and two bottles of juice sat He grabbed a bottle of orange juice, opened it and drank it while watching Jeanne Louise dig out the dog food and the two sht to purchase

Boo, thefood Jeanne Louise poured so of food aside and carried the other dish into the attached bathroom to fill it ater By the time she&039;d finished and placed the water beside the food dish for Boo for a chocolate bar

"Jeanie, can we go to the beach?" Livy asked as Jeanne Louise straightened

"In theover Paul before she took in Livy&039;s chocolate-covered state His daughter had finished her chocolate bar, but appeared to have ed to eat He slanced back to Jeanne Louise in tirin that claio back into the bathroom

"Jeanie says we&039;re in upper watch," Livy announced, sently as he opened his chocolate bar

"Yeah," Livy agreed "And she says we&039;re going to swim and collect shells, roast weenies over the fire and stuff too"

"Hmm," Paul murmured around his chocolate bar and nodded, but then frowned as he suddenly wondered how Jeanne Louise had rented the motel room She didn&039;t have her purse and his money was in his wallet in his back pocket He could feel it

"Here we go," Jeanne Louise said stepping out of the bathroo for Livy

"Jeanie?" Paul asked after sing his bite of chocolate bar "How did you rent the roolanced to hi to take cash I told hi"

He arched an eyebrow at the guilty expression on her face "And he agreed to that?"

"Of course," Jeanne Louisethe washcloth over Livy&039;s now clean face again

She&039;d controlled the ree Paul would bet o He would pay thewas fine Still, it was rather troublesos they didn&039;t necessarily want to do He doubted there was a motel owner on the planet ould rent roo, not to eunless o Ti back the blankets and sheet on one side of the bed and patting it for Livy to move to it

"But I just woke up," Livy protested

"I know, hon But it&039;s bedtiood for the beach tomorrow, don&039;t you?" she coaxed

Livy considered that and then nodded, but rather than move, she said, "But I can&039;t sleep in ," Paul said, standing to go collect the bag from where Jeanne Louise had set it at the foot of the bed

"I&039;ll get it," Jeanne Louise said at once, hurrying to try to get to it first

"I&039;m not an invalid, Jeanie I can do it," Paul said with irritation as he snatched up the bag He then gri ently, "I&039;ll do it"

Jeanne Louise nodded and backed off, leaving hih the clothes that spilled out He&039;d bought the promised clothes for Jeanne Louise, as well as pajamas and a T-shirt and shorts for Livy, and another pair of jeans and a T-shirt for hiht to buy either hih He didn&039;t norht of it with Jeanne Louise He&039;d only bought them for Livy because they&039;d seemed to jump out at hi They were pink hite Dalht she&039;d look adorable in the with Livy&039;s, put the clothes he&039;d got for Jeanne Louise back inside, and then offered her the bag "Sorry I didn&039;t think to get you paja "I can sleep in the T-shirt and my panties"

Paul blinked at the announcement Not that Jeanne Louise noticed, she&039;d turned away to set the bag on the end of the bed Livy was in Forcing away the ie she&039;d just put into his head, Paul collected the pajamas and moved to the head of the bed

"On your feet, , Livy stood up on the bed in front of hiht the heed it up and off over her head She continued to bounce around as he put the paja by catching her ankles and tugging them out from under her when he was ready to trade her shorts for the pajama bottoms It was only after he&039;d done it that it occurred to hi about, that perhaps it would cause another headache to flare up

Fortunately, it didn&039;t, and Livy laughed uproariously as she bounced onto her behind on the bed She then kicked her legs as he tugged her shorts off and put the pajaa excitedly

Paul had to order the dog off the bed, but s Livy&039;s bottoht, her cheeks rosy If he hadn&039;t seen the scans himself in the doctor&039;s office, and been there for the headaches she&039;d been suffering for the last several weeks, he almost could have believed she was just your nor The thought ruff as he murmured, "Under the blankets now"

"Okay," she said cheerfully, but stood up on the bed again, hugged his neck, and kissed his cheek beforeto the spot where Jeanne Louise had pulled down the covers She dropped to her bottorabbed them and pulled them up as she lay back Livy then closed her eyes, and proceeded toa srinned at him briefly, but just as quickly her eyes closed and her face slid into sleep Helped along by Jeanne Louise, Paul knew He didn&039;t look to the wohter and renewed his determination to save her life He would convince Jeanne Louise to turn her He had to

"I&039; to take a shower," the wolance around He heard the rustle of the bag as she collected it from the end of the bed and a moment later there was a soft click as the door between the bedroo, Paul bent to brush a wisp of hair away frohter&039;s face "Don&039;t worry, baby," he whispered, running his finger along her cheek "Daddy&039;s here He won&039;t let you die"

Paul was peering out theat the parking lot when Jeanne Louise came out of the bathroo them out the best she could, then had laid them on the sink to dry a bit while she took a shower Of course, they hadn&039;t been dry by the time she&039;d finished and she&039;d had to don them wet, but they would dry on her body and at least they were clean

Jeanne Louise had pulled on the T-shirt Paul had bought her then, a little dis her breasts like a second skin and barely reaching the top of her panties She&039;d peered at herself in thethe bathrooed fatalistically There was more of her covered like this than there would be if she earing a bathing suit

On that thought, Jeanne Louise had dragged the new jeans out of the Wal and new jeans with her as she left the bathroo and jeans by the foot of Livy&039;s bed andback the blanket and sheets on her side

"Jesus"

Jeanne Louise paused at that gasp and glanced to Paul His eyes ide and war her alive fro, she finished pulling back the covers and climbed into the bed By the time she had pulled the sheet and blankets back up he was at the bedside

"You don&039;t have to sleep with Livy I was going to," Paul whispered, his gazeover the blankets she&039;d just pulled up as if he could still see her in his mind&039;s eye "She kicks in her sleep"

"It&039;s fine," Jeanne Louise whispered back, turning onto her side "It&039;s a big bed We&039;ll be good"

Paul hesitated, but in the end had no choice but to leave her to it He turned off the lights in the rooht to illuainst the door after he closed it He&039;d obviously bought Jeanne Louise the wrong size T-shirt Or the perfect size depending on how you looked at it, he thought wryly And he&039;d definitely been looking The sight of her had taken his breath ahen he&039;d turned and seen her walking up the side of the bed And truthfully, he&039;d been hoping she&039;d suggest they share the other bed when he&039;d said Livy kicked in her sleep, and had been disappointed that she hadn&039;t

Giving his head a shake, Paul pushed himself away from the door and moved to turn on the shower It would be a cold shower for hiht And then probably little to no sleep He suspected he&039;d be lying awake all night, his body electrified by the knowledge that Jeanne Louise Argeneau lay half naked not two feet away in the next bed