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shock, you know? I had to deal with all the funeral arrangements by myself. My dad left us when I was little, he had this sick habit of running off with his students every time he moved to a new university to teach, which was all the time. Anyway… boohoo, right? Life is tough, you think the ones you love will always be there and then one day you’re all by yourself. But, as Tennessee Williams wrote “I’ve always relied on the kindness of strangers.” I’d never met your dad but he came to my rescue, he had this nice man from a funeral home in Berkley handle every detail and so I promised him I would come here to New Orleans when I finished college.”
    “I see, well, my father can be surprising, I suppose. He never got over losing your mother or maybe he’s just not quite right in the head, who can say for sure? Loving a woman for so many years may seem like a noble endeavor but he was a fool. He should never have let her go, I would have moved heaven and earth to keep her,” William said, and Allie’s heart leapt into her throat so that she could barely breathe much less speak. “Well, we’d better hit the road,” William said quickly, he was dumbfounded by his own words. What the hell did he know about loving a woman and what made him think he would never let her go? “Yeah, we should definitely get back on the road, my father is probably pacing the floors by now. My cell is on mute but I can see that he’s tried to call a dozen times.”
    William and Allie agreed that they should leave but neither of them moved or spoke for a long while. They sat beneath the old tree with fat lazy bees buzzing overhead and the contented cats purred and stretched out in scattered pools of sunlight. It was almost painful for William to keep his hands and his lips off of Allie. He made it a point not to kiss when he had sex, it was far too personal. But the urge to kiss her, to explore her pouty mouth with his tongue and taste her desire was nearly overwhelming. As they sat quietly facing each other he wanted to sweep the table clean and lift her onto it. He longed to tangle one hand in her hair to hold her steady, push her knees apart and watch the innocence in her stormy-sea colored eyes shift from surprise to passion as his fingers slid over the sweet mound of her pussy. He imagined her spreading her long legs wider as she warmed to his touch and then wrapping them around his waist and moaning his name as he freed his cock and thrust into her.
    “ Were you disgusted from watching me eat? The way I inhaled the food? I couldn’t help it, it was delicious and I didn’t realize I was so hungry. I ate so fast you would think someone was going to take it away from me!” She laughed trying to steady her riotous emotions as his electric gaze lingered on her mouth. She walked to a water hose that was curled on the ground and rinsed her hands, the hem of her loose linen shift fluttering up and exposing her tanned thighs. “Seriously, I hope you don’t hate me,” she said, jolting his thoughts back to reality. “I’m sorry your dad had that weird long-standing love for my mom, I suppose it must have caused problems for your family. It doesn’t seem as if he made a secret of his feelings and honestly my mother didn’t either. She would tell me stories about when they were young and in love. She said he was the prince who had awakened her heart, like in sleeping beauty, but she would never say why she left him for my useless father.”
    “I don’t hate you,” William said firmly, and his eyes narrowed and his mouth settled into a firm line as he tried to process what he hoped to accomplish by leading this enchanting girl on. After all, he couldn’t bring her happiness, he couldn’t even begin to imagine that men and women could share anything more than a brief illusion of romance and the fleeting thrill of sex.
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    “Alaina, it’s an indescribable joy to finally meet you. Liza’s daughter, how remarkable.” William