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does something to your eyes.  Maybe we’ll stay in tonight.”
    “No way! I’ve been looking forward to this evening, all day.  We are going shopping, then dinner.”  I haven’t forgotten how you like me to model clothes for y,” she laughed.
    They held hands down the elevator, and the whole time they walked, and again, she felt so safe.  She forgot the past few days, and enjoyed just being happy.
    They passed a shop window with a beautiful green and lavender dress that hung on a mannequin.
    “I can see you in that.  It looks like it is made for you only,” Glen smiled as he pictured Sher in the dress.
    She thought the same thing.  While looked through the shop, she also found a very sexy night gown.  After she paid for the dress, she told the sales clerk she also wanted the nightgown, but wanted to surprise her boyfriend.  It was bagged, without Glen catching sight of it.  Boy, will he be surprised!
    After a delicious meal at Maggiano’s, they strolled back to their hotel.  Butterflies built up in her stomach, with anticipation of the night ahead.

Chapter 7
     
    “If you don’t mind, I‘ll take a quick shower, and then you can soak in your bubbles. While you soak, I’ll try to find a good movie we can snuggle down to watch,” And with that, he was off to the bathroom.
    “No argument from me,” she said smiling.
    Sher put the nightgown in her overnight case that she planned to take into the bathroom with her.  She couldn’t wait to see Glen’s face when he saw her in that gown.
    True to his words, his shower was quick. He even wiped the tub dry, and started her bath running.  And there were candles along the back of the tub. He was always so thoughtful, and romantic.  She was a fool if she let him go this time.
    “It’s your turn. But I’ll warn you.  If you’re not out in thirty minutes, I’m breaking the door down,” he joked.
    He would not have to break down the door, because it would not be locked, and she planned to be finished and standing in the doorway in that gown in a few minutes.  She hung the gown on the back of the door, and then she turned off the taps, and climbed into the tub.  Heaven. … Somehow he remembered her favorite bubble bath.  She closed her eyes and enjoyed the peach fragrance.
    The next instant, her eyes flew open.  He leaned over the tub and kissed her. He made her feel so many things with just one simple kiss.  Without breaking eye contact, he took her arm and started washing it, then the other arm. No man ever gave her a bath before.  He washed her legs next, her back, then the bath got more intimate.  All the time he kept his eyes on her face.  She came in long spasms.  She floated on air. When she came down, he lifted her out of the tub, and began to dry her off. She never felt anything that sensual before.
    He carried her to the bed, were they teased, and satisfied each other well into the night.   Quite awhile later, Sher realized she didn’t get to show off her new gown.  But it was insignificant now.  She knew there would be other times ahead of them for that.
    Morning came, with the realization; they never watched a movie either.  But she wouldn’t change a thing about the night.
    She had to tell him.  If he threw it back into her face, she deserved it.  She hoped that wasn’t what he’d do. It was the chance she took.
    “Glen, I want to tell you something.  I love you.  And I know you probably still resent me from long ago, but I love you.  And I hope and pray we can get past the way I treated you before.  I want you in my life, now and always.”
    It seemed like hours of silence followed her declaration, but it’s only a few seconds.  He searched her face, and she saw the hope in his eyes.
    “I love you too.  I’ve never stopped loving you.  But I have stopped resenting you.  I realize now, you had a lot going on in your life then.  It was the wrong time.  But I won’t let you go again.  I need you in order to