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“It’s all going to work out,” he says.
I truly hope so.
* * *
The phone at my bedside table is ringing softly.
I’m just about to drift off to sleep, after having taken a shower and slipped in between the luxuriously soft sheets.
I am annoyed but I answer it, thinking it could be the doctor checking on me.
“Hello?”
“Hi.” The deep voice on the other end is urgent. And it’s not the doctor. And I’m happy.
“Back at you,” I say, smiling sleepily.
“Did I wake you up?”
“I just took a shower and was about to go to sleep.”
“Sorry.”
“Don’t be sorry. Never be sorry for letting me hear your voice.”
“I was just lying here staring at my cell phone and I knew I would never sleep i
f I didn’t say a proper good night.”
I smile. “It’s been an interesting day, Shep.”
“Yes it has, Jane.”
“What’s a proper good night?”
I can hear him sighing as he stretches out. “I might kiss you on the cheek first.”
“Is that it?”
“Well, you are married after all.”
“You know that’s bullshit, right? He’s just trying to keep an eye on you. I understand that. But there’s no way I’m married.”
“I don’t know if you are and I do not care.”
“Yes you do. You’re a good person.”
“No I’m not. I’m a bad boy. I’m a very bad boy.”
“Oh stop. No you are not.”
“Jane. Sweetheart. You’re missing the point. I’m trying to have phone sex with you.”
My skin crackles with surprise.
“Why don’t you just sneak into my room?”
“Don’t make me compromise my ethics.”
